American English pronunciation

How to pronounce alerting

IPA transcription: [ə'lɚtɪŋ]

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Noun

  • a state of readiness to respond

    “alerting was indicated by the desynchronization of the EEG”

  • a warning serves to make you more alert to danger

Verb

  • warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness

    “The empty house alarmed him”

    “We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries”

Usage examples

  • This is caught on video, alerting the criminal underworld.
  • One team landed near an inhabited area, alerting the defenders.
  • Ned cries out, alerting the women to his presence.