alert
Từ điển Collocation
alert adj.
VERBS be, look, seem | become | remain, stay | keep sb The machine should help to keep the pilot alert.
ADV. very | fully | immediately, instantly, suddenly There was a noise outside and he was suddenly alert. | always, constantly | mentally He was as mentally alert as a man half his age.
PREP. to Climbers need to be alert to possible dangers.
Từ điển WordNet
adj.
- 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
- mentally responsive
an alert mind
- not unconscious; especially having become conscious; awake(p)
the patient is now awake and alert
- (usually followed by `to') showing acute awareness; mentally perceptive; alive(p), awake(p)
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
Microsoft Computer Dictionary
n. 1. In many operating systems with GUIs (graphical user interfaces), an audible or visual alarm that signals an error or represents a warning of some sort. See also alert box. 2. In programming, an asynchronous notification sent by one thread to another. The alert interrupts the recipient thread at defined points in its execution and causes it to execute an asynchronous procedure call. See also asynchronous procedure call, thread (definition 1).
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
alerts|alerted|alerting
syn.: attentive lively nimble on the job prompt ready watchful dull slow torpid
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