alert

Definition

Examples

The system will alert the manager if inventory falls below the minimum level.

Word Family

Synonyms

• warnnotify of danger, potential harm, or risk
• notifyinform (somebody) of something
• vigilantcarefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger

Collocations

• Easy stay alert and focused
  to stay alert and focused, meaning to stay the same; remain in a certain state
• Medium issue a severe weather alert
  to issue a severe weather alert, meaning to prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
• Hard alert executives to compliance risks
  to alert executives to compliance risks, meaning to warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness
• Very Hard place security forces on red alert
  to place security forces on red alert, meaning to put into a certain place or abstract location