Meaning

1 senses
  1. To give warning to.

    verständigen

    предупреждатьpredupreždatʹ, оповещатьopoveščatʹ, сигнализироватьsignalizirovatʹ

More definitions
  • warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness

Examples

199 sentences
  1. Tom will alert Mary.

    Том попередить Мері. — deniko

    ruТом предупредит Мэри об опасности. — sharptoothed

  2. I'll alert Tom.

    Я попереджу Тома. — deniko

    ruЯ предупрежу Тома. — marafon

  3. Tom forced himself to stay alert.

  4. I forced myself to stay alert.

  5. I feel really alert right now.

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to give warning to:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to give warning to:

Origin

Formed within English by conversion, from alert (adjective). Compare French alerter.

Formed within English by conversion, from alert (adjective). Compare French alerter.

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Forms

alerts, alerting, alerted, alerted
Base formalert · to alert
3rd person singularalerts
Present participlealerting
Past simplealerted
Past participlealerted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyalert
he, she, italerts

Past simpleLesson

all personsalerted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave alerted
he, she, ithas alerted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill alert

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness:alarm

Word family

1 related words
Derivedalertable

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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