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Alarm

/əˈlɑːrm/
An alert or warning to notify you about something urgent or important.

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Examples:

I set the alarm for 7 a.m.The noise from the alarm was very loud.

Etymology:

etymology
The word alarm comes from the Italian allarme, a call to arms. It entered English in the late Middle Ages through Middle French alarme'.

Usage Statistics:

18 mentions per 1 million words Frequency
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