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QUI VIVE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action

Example:

bombers were put on alert during the crisis

Synonyms:

alert; qui vive

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("qui vive" is a kind of...):

preparation; preparedness; readiness (the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "qui vive"):

air alert (the condition in which combat aircraft are airborne and ready for an operation)

red alert (the highest level of alert when an attack by the enemy seems imminent (or more generally a state of alert resulting from imminent danger))

strip alert (a state of readiness for domestic defense aircraft)

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