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De - Pt| English Dictionary: 'alert' | by the DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for 'alert' | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Alert \A*lert"\ ([adot]*l[etil]rt"), a. [F. alerte, earlier [85] l'erte on the watch, fr. It. all' erta on the watch, prop. (standing) on a height, where one can look around; erta a declivity, steep, erto steep, p. p. of ergere, erigere, to erect, raise, L. erigere. See {Erect}.] 1. Watchful; vigilant; active in vigilance. 2. Brisk; nimble; moving with celerity. An alert young fellow. --Addison. Syn: Active; agile; lively; quick; prompt. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Alert \A*lert"\, n. (Mil.) An alarm from a real or threatened attack; a sudden attack; also, a bugle sound to give warning. [bd]We have had an alert.[b8] --Farrow. {On the alert}, on the lookout or watch against attack or danger; ready to act. | |
| From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
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alert intended to inform a system's users or administrators about a change in the operating conditions of that system or about some kind of error condition. In a {graphical user interface}, an alert would typically be displayed as a small window containing the message and a button to click to dismiss the window. (1999-03-29) | |
