alert : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: alert	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for alert
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alert adj engaged in or accustomed to close observation; "caught by a couple of alert cops"; "alert enough to spot the opportunity when it came"; "constantly alert and vigilant, like a sentinel on duty" Synonym(s): alert, watchful Antonym(s): unalert, unvigilant, unwatchful quick and energetic; "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze" Synonym(s): alert, brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy mentally perceptive and responsive;"an alert mind"; "alert to the problems"; "alive to what is going on"; "awake to the dangers of her situation"; "was now awake to the reality of his predicament" Synonym(s): alert, alive(p), awake(p) n condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action; "bombers were put on alert during the crisis" Synonym(s): alert, qui vive a warning serves to make you more alert to danger Synonym(s): alert, alerting an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger Synonym(s): alarm, alert, warning signal, alarum v warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness; "The empty house alarmed him"; "We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries" Synonym(s): alarm, alert
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Alert \Alert"\ ([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]:
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]:
alert /'lrt/ An audible and/or visual message 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)