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Meanings of alertness in English

Catalan
vigilància
Spanish
vigilancia

The process of paying close and continuous attention.

        vigilància
        Spanish
        viveza

        Lively attentiveness.

              viveza
              Catalan
              alerta

              A state of readiness to respond.

                    alerta
                    Usage of alertness in English
                    1
                    One had the alertness and vigor which bespeaks the dweller in towns.
                    The Mystery of the Four Fingers
                    2
                    Players using them would have higher levels of concentration, alertness, and energy.
                    Wired
                    3
                    I moved my mind into that special area of alertness and calling.
                    The Great Book of Amber
                    4
                    Heighten your alertness, but do not let addiction gain control of you.
                    Navigators of Dune
                    5
                    A distinct sense of alertness began to take hold of the settlement.
                    The Last Ship
                    6
                    There was a quiet alertness in his poise, a danger-signal in itself.
                    Death at the Excelsior, and Other Stories
                    7
                    Still, D-amphetamine was associated with increased alertness on the first recovery day.
                    Pubmed
                    8
                    His reading of the game and alertness to danger have stood out.
                    The Guardian
                    9
                    With recaptured alertness, he held the missive to the light, and read:
                    Fran
                    10
                    Not a full-throttle signal of danger, but a subliminal dispatch suggesting alertness.
                    Speaking in Bones
                    11
                    The outward alertness of thine eyes signifies a spirit of radiance within.
                    The Danish History, Books I-IX
                    12
                    The newcomers had no such alertness and resourcefulness as his own people.
                    John Wesley, Jr. / The Story of an Experiment
                    13
                    He is now testing how it affects alertness in relation to this.
                    Wired
                    14
                    The perpetual novelty of modern conditions demands an imaginative alertness we eliminate.
                    An Englishman Looks at the World / Being a Series of Unrestraine...
                    15
                    After half an hour of tense alertness, I ordered the missiles disarmed.
                    Greylorn
                    16
                    There was, of course, no necessity for alertness in his present assignment.
                    Bucky O'Connor: A Tale of the Unfenced Border
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                    Alertness through the time
                    Alertness across language varieties
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