B1verb · transitive · common

alarm

alarm · alarms · alarmed · alarming

предупреждать, тревожить, оповещать

alarmieren, in Alarmstimmung versetzen

To call to arms for defenseTo call to arms for defense.

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UK/əˈlɑːm/US/əˈlɑɹm/

» Do you have an alarm clock?

Haben Sie einen Wecker?

У тебя есть будильник?

У вас есть будильник?

У тебе є будильник?

У вас є будильник?

Meaning

5 senses

(transitive)To call to arms for defense.
(transitive)To give (someone) notice of approaching danger or necessary action; to rouse to vigilance; to put on the alert.
The sudden drop in temperature should alarm you into taking precautions.
Her illness started to alarm the doctors, who ordered more tests.
(transitive)To produce a warning of approaching danger or necessary action; to emit a signal intended to rouse a recipient to vigilance or put them on the alert.
(transitive)To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.
The loud bang in the hallway seemed to alarm everyone in the building.
alarmieren
(transitive)To keep in excitement; to disturb.
in Alarmstimmung versetzen

More definitions

warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness
fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised

Examples

519 sentences

Do you have an alarm clock?
У тебе є будильник? — deniko
ruУ тебя есть будильник? — marafon
deHaben Sie einen Wecker? — Luiaard
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My alarm clock didn't go off this morning.
Цього ранку мій будильник не задзвонив. — Oleksandr_Tahayev
ruМой будильник не сработал этим утром. — odexed
deMein Wecker hat heute Morgen nicht geklingelt. — samueldora
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Do you have an alarm clock in your room?
У тебе в кімнаті є будильник? — deniko
ruУ тебя в комнате есть будильник? — marafon
deHast du einen Wecker in deinem Zimmer? — pullnosemans
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Tom said he wanted to buy an alarm clock.
Том сказав, що хоче купити будильник. — deniko
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Tom said that he wanted to buy an alarm clock.
Том сказав, що хоче купити будильник. — deniko
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Translations

4 languages

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to surprise with apprehension of danger:

to keep in excitement; to disturb:

Origin

From Middle English alarme, alarom, borrowed from Middle French alarme, itself from Old It

From Middle English alarme, alarom, borrowed from Middle French alarme, itself from Old Italian all'arme! (“to arms!, to the weapons!”), ultimately from Latin arma (“arms, weapons”).

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Forms

alarms, alarming, alarmed, alarmed

Base form	alarm · to alarm
3rd person singular	alarms
Present participle	alarming
Past simple	alarmed
Past participle	alarmed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	alarm
he, she, it	alarms

Past simpleLesson

all persons

alarmed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have alarmed
he, she, it	has alarmed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will alarm

Synonyms

5 synonyms

Close in meaning

warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness:alert
fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised:dismay appal appall horrify

Word family

2 related words

Relatedalarmist

Derivedalarming

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

Collocations

12 patterns

alarm clock
my alarm clock
an an alarm
alarm went off
set the alarm
an alarm clock
set his alarm
set my alarm
alarm clock didn't
the fire alarm
his alarm clock
the alarm clock