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1. alert, qui vive -- (condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action; "bombers were put on alert during the crisis").
2. alert, alerting -- (a warning serves to make you more alert to danger).
3. alarm, alert, warning signal, alarum -- (an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger).

1. alarm, alert -- (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").

1. alert (vs. unalert) -- (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").
2. alert -- (mentally responsive; "an alert mind").
3. alert, awake(predicate) -- (not unconscious; especially having become conscious; "the patient is now awake and alert").
4. alert, alive(predicate), awake(predicate) -- ((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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