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alert [a]

1)	very attentive or observant; "an alert and responsive baby is a joy"; "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"

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argus-eyed fly awake heads-up lidless on_the_alert perched lively wary unalert

2)	mentally responsive; "an alert mind"

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intelligent

3)	not unconscious; especially having become conscious; "the patient is now awake and alert"

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awake

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conscious

4)	(usually followed by `to') showing acute awareness; mentally perceptive; "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"

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alive awake

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aware

alert [n]

1)	condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action; "bombers were put on alert during the crisis"

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qui_vive

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preparation alarm air_alert red_alert strip_alert

2)	a warning serves to make you more alert to danger

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alerting

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warning alarm eas

3)	an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger

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alarm alarum warning_signal

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alert [v]

1)	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"

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alarm

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warn alarm alarm wake

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

/*'l*rt/ 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)

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