alert
verb/əˈlɜːt/
/əˈlɜːrt/
[often passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they alert | /əˈlɜːt/ /əˈlɜːrt/ |
| he / she / it alerts | /əˈlɜːts/ /əˈlɜːrts/ |
| past simple alerted | /əˈlɜːtɪd/ /əˈlɜːrtɪd/ |
| past participle alerted | /əˈlɜːtɪd/ /əˈlɜːrtɪd/ |
| -ing form alerting | /əˈlɜːtɪŋ/ /əˈlɜːrtɪŋ/ |
- to warn somebody about a dangerous situation or one that requires immediate action
- alert somebody Neighbours quickly alerted the emergency services.
- (be) alerted by something Alerted by a noise downstairs, he sat up and turned on the light.
- be alerted that… The coastguard were alerted that a yacht had run into difficulties.
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- to make somebody aware of something
- be alerted to something They had been alerted to the possibility of further price rises.
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