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alert

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1. alert - Noun

2. alert - Adjective

3. alert - Verb

4. alert - Adjective Satellite

5. Alert - Proper noun

Meaning

Watchful; vigilant; active in vigilance.

Brisk; nimble; moving with celerity.

An alarm from a real or threatened attack; a sudden attack; also, a bugle sound to give warning.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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In no other country in the world is the love of property keener or more alert than in the United States, and nowhere else does the majority display less inclination toward doctrines which in any way threaten the way property is owned. Alexis de Tocqueville

When reflecting upon it today, that the Pearl Harbor attack should have succeeded in achieving surprise seems a blessing from Heaven. It was clear that a great American fleet had been concentrated in Pearl Harbor, and we supposed that the state of alert would be very high. Hideki Tōjō

One's prime is elusive. You little girls, when you grow up, must be on the alert to recognise your prime at whatever time of your life it may occur. You must then live it to the full. Muriel Spark

Yet you must not cling to the words of the old sages either; they, too, may not be right. Even if you believe them, you should be alert so that, in the event that something superior comes along, you may follow that. Dōgen

A bird doesn't alert his fellow bird that a stone is coming. African Proverb

When you pick up the stick, the stealing cat gets alert. Persian Proverb

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