vigilance
Alert watchfulnessAlert watchfulness.
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. — Wezel
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
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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 synonyms- 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
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.