Definitions For Alert
noun
- An automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
- A warning serves to make you more alert to danger
- Condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action
verb
- Warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness
- Something (such as a message or loud sound) that tells people there is some danger or problem : an alarm or signal of danger
- The state of being ready for something you have been warned about (such as an attack)
- To give (someone) important information about a possible problem, danger, etc. : to warn (someone)
- To make (someone) aware of something
adjective
- Engaged in or accustomed to close observation
adjective
- Mentally perceptive and responsive
- Quick and energetic
Is Alerts a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
6
Words with Friends
7
The word Alert is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Alert in a Sentence
- An alert guard stopped the robbers.
- He was tired and had trouble staying alert while he was driving.
- She wasn't mentally alert enough to answer the questions.
- They sounded an alert when enemy planes were approaching the city.
- Medical officials have put out an alert to hospitals to look out for the virus.
- The government has issued a terrorism alert.
- Several neighbors alerted the authorities when they noticed strangers acting suspiciously.
- The governor alerted island residents that a hurricane was coming.
- The teacher alerted the students that tests would be given the next day.