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Alert

/əˈləːt/
Being quick to notice and respond to changes or unusual occurrences

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Examples:

She was alert to any danger.I got an alert on my phone.

Etymology:

etymology
The word alert traces its origins to the Italian word allerta, which means to the watchtower. Over time, it was adopted into French as alerter' and later into English in the 16th century.

Usage Statistics:

186 mentions per 1 million words Frequency
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