vigilance
пильність
бдительность
Wachsamkeit
Alert watchfulnessAlert watchfulness.
/ˈvɪd͡ʒɪlɪns/
» I appreciate your vigilance.
Ценю вашу бдительность.
Meaning
3 senses(uncountable, usually)Alert watchfulness.
Wachsamkeit
бди́тельностьbdítelʹnostʹ
пильністьpylʹnistʹ
(uncountable, usually)Close and continuous attention.
Wachsamkeit
бди́тельностьbdítelʹnostʹ
пильністьpylʹnistʹ
the process of paying close and continuous attention
(obsolete, uncountable, usually)A guard; a person set to watch.
Examples
13 sentencesI appreciate your vigilance.
ruЦеню вашу бдительность.
We won't let up on our vigilance.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.
The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.
Translations
8 languagesУкраїнська
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Deutsch
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Origin
Borrowed from Middle French vigilance, from Latin vigilantia.Borrowed from Middle French vigilance, from Latin vigilantia.
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Forms
plural: vigilances| Singular | vigilance |
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uncountable
Synonyms
4 synonymsClose in meaning
- vigilant attentiveness:watchfulnessweather eye
- the process of paying close and continuous attention:watchfulnesswakefulnessalertness
Word family
14 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable