alert

alert has 10 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• a.. Watchful; vigilant; active in vigilance.
• a.. Brisk; nimble; moving with celerity.
• n.. An alarm from a real or threatened attack; a sudden attack; also, a bugle sound to give warning.
• n.. an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
• n.. a warning serves to make you more alert to danger
• n.. condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action; "bombers were put on alert during the crisis"
• 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"
• a.. 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"
• a.. 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"
• a.. 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"