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ALERTING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A warning serves to make you more alert to danger
Synonyms:
alert; alerting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("alerting" is a kind of...):
warning (a message informing of danger)
Instance hyponyms:
EAS; Emergency Alert System (a federal warning system that is activated by FEMA; enables the President to take over the United States airwaves to warn the whole country of major catastrophic events)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A state of readiness to respond
Example:
alerting was indicated by the desynchronization of the EEG
Synonyms:
alerting; alertness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("alerting" is a kind of...):
arousal (a state of heightened physiological activity)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb alert
