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Sailing a boat calls for quick action, a blending of feeling with the wind and water as well as with the very heart and soul of the boat itself. Sailing teaches alertness and courage, and gives in return a joyousness and peace that but few sports afford.
George Matthew Adams

Meaning of "alertness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ALERTNESS

alertness  [əˈlɜːtnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ALERTNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Alertness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ALERTNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Alertness

Alertness is the state of active attention by high sensory awareness such as being watchful and prompt to meet danger or emergency, or being quick to perceive and act. It is related to psychology as well as to physiology. A lack of alertness is a symptom of a number of conditions, including narcolepsy, attention deficit disorder, chronic fatigue syndrome, depression, Addison's disease, or sleep deprivation. Pronounced lack of alertness can be graded as an altered level of consciousness. The word is formed from "alert", which comes from the Italian "all'erta"...

Definition of alertness in the English dictionary

The definition of alertness in the dictionary is a state of being attentive or watchful.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ALERTNESS


acuteness
əˈkjuːtnɪs
astuteness
əˈstjuːtnɪs
brightness
ˈbraɪtnɪs
completeness
kəmˈpliːtnɪs
curtness
ˈkɜːtnɪs
discreteness
dɪsˈkriːtnɪs
effeteness
ɪˈfiːtnɪs
expertness
ˈɛkspɜːtnɪs
fitness
ˈfɪtnɪs
hotness
ˈhɒtnɪs
incompleteness
ˌɪnkəmˈpliːtnɪs
irresoluteness
ɪˈrɛzəluːtnɪs
neatness
ˈniːtnɪs
pertness
ˈpɜːtnɪs
resoluteness
ˈrɛzəluːtnɪs
shortness
ˈʃɔːtnɪs
smartness
ˈsmɑːtnɪs
tartness
ˈtɑːtnɪs
tautness
ˈtɔːtnɪs
witness
ˈwɪtnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ALERTNESS

aleph-bet
aleph-null
aleph-zero
alepine
Aleppo
Aleppo gall
alerce
alerion
alert
alertly
Alessandria
alethic
aleuron
aleurone layer
aleuronic
Aleut
Aleutian
Aleutian Islands
alevin
alew

WORDS THAT END LIKE ALERTNESS

adeptness
aptness
aquafitness
bluntness
business
compactness
correctness
expert witness
eyewitness
flatness
lightness
physical fitness
pleasantness
political correctness
promptness
robustness
softness
sweetness
tightness
vastness
wetness

Synonyms and antonyms of alertness in the English dictionary of synonyms

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SYNONYMS OF «ALERTNESS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «alertness» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of alertness

Translation of «alertness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ALERTNESS

Find out the translation of alertness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of alertness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «alertness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

警觉性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

el estado de alerta
570 millions of speakers

English

alertness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सतर्कता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اليقظة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

настороженность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

estado de alerta
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সতর্কতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vigilance
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kewaspadaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wachsamkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

覚醒
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

경보
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kewaspadaan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự lanh lẹ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உஷார்நிலை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सतर्कता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

uyanıklık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vigilanza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

czujność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

настороженість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vigilență
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εγρήγορση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gereedheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vakenhet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

årvåkenhet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of alertness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ALERTNESS»

The term «alertness» is quite widely used and occupies the 48.377 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ALERTNESS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about alertness

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2 QUOTES WITH «ALERTNESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word alertness.
1
George Matthew Adams
Sailing a boat calls for quick action, a blending of feeling with the wind and water as well as with the very heart and soul of the boat itself. Sailing teaches alertness and courage, and gives in return a joyousness and peace that but few sports afford.
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Stephen Dobyns
My poems always begin with a metaphor, but my way into the metaphor may be a word, an image, even a sound. And I rarely know the nature of the metaphor when I begin to write, but there is an attentiveness that a writer develops, a sudden alertness that is much like the feel of a fish brushing against a hook.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ALERTNESS»

Discover the use of alertness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to alertness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Chronotherapy: Resetting Your Inner Clock to Boost Mood, ...
How can chronotherapy help you through the next nine months? Chapter 12: Strategies for Babies and Children When your baby or child sleeps well and feels good, you feel better too. How can chronotherapy help you reach this goal?
Michael Terman, Ph.D., Ian McMahan, Ph.D., 2012
2
Entrepreneurial Alertness: An Exploratory Study
Entrepreneurial alertness plays an important role in the processes of opportunity exploration and exploitation.
Zhineng Li, 2012
3
Success Power: Alertness in Detecting Motives in Other People
Alertness in Detecting Motives in Other People Frank Channing Haddock. every human being, because the "will is the man," and a perfect will is the idealization of human nature. The first goal of the will is the development of the individual to ...
Frank Channing Haddock, 2009
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Molecular and Biophysical Mechanisms of Arousal, Alertness ...
This volume discusses the neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and functional genomics of these states, and the medical consequences of their damage in human patients -- e.g. vegetative states, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, autism, ...
Donald W. Pfaff, Brigitte Kieffer, 2008
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Alertness Now Happiness Ever
The magical power of alertness 11 2. Put on the armour of alertness 14 3. Struggle now to smile later 17 4. Build up pleasing qualities 20 5. Protect yourself from what is bad 23 6. Think positively and act hopefully 25 7. Tell yourself you can 27 ...
S. Devraj
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The Encyclopedia of Sleep and Sleep Disorders
of this decreased alertness by scheduling a SIESTA for several hours. The decrease in alertness also can be exacerbated by a large lunch or the ingestion of ALCOHOL. Subjective measures of alertness include the STANFORD SLEEPINESS ...
Charles Pollak, Michael J. Thorpy, Jan Yager, 2010
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Opportunity Identification and Entrepreneurial Behavior
Attempts to measure alertness encounter difficulties of their own. Kaish and Gilad (1991), whose account of Kirzner's "alertness view of entrepre- neurship" apparently is the most complete among empirical studies, nevertheless measure  ...
John E. Butler, 2004
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Entrepreneurship: The Engine of Growth
prescriptions for practicing professionals.49 Foremost among the handful of theories that have discussed entrepreneurial action as a process of opportunity recognition is Israel Kirzner's theory of entrepreneurial alertness. Entrepreneurial  ...
Maria Minniti, Andrew Zacharakis, Stephen Spinelli, 2006
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Cognition and Second Language Instruction
In a widely read article in SLA, Tomlin and Villa (1994) have drawn upon the work of Posner (1994; Posner & Peterson, 1990) to identify three mechanisms or subsystems of attention (each with identifiable neurological correlates): alertness,  ...
Peter Robinson, 2001
10
12 Brain/Mind Learning Principles in Action: Developing ...
“My actions are not under my control. I lack a sense of purpose or meaning.” Relaxed alertness as a Temporary State States can be temporary, and so relaxed alertness can be a temporary state that is experienced because of a particular ...
Renate Nummela Caine, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ALERTNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term alertness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Want to Feel Better? Shoot Current Through Your Head With This …
The creators of the device say that it can create various biological responses, including increasing relaxation or improving alertness. «BGR, Jul 15»
2
TOUR DE FRANCE WATCH: Ace sprinter Mark Cavendish fuming at …
In the wake of the terror attacks that have shaken France this year, the level of alertness has been raised and the Tour de France, which draws ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jul 15»
3
Avoid coffee, and 6 other tips for beating the mid-afternoon slump
Any kind of physical movement will temporarily boost your alertness and energy levels. - Meditate at your desk. Steve Jobs swore by it. «BRW, Jul 15»
4
All 40 of the FBI & DHS's post-9/11 terror attack warnings fizzled
It's a vague call to alertness that officials, aside from “beefing up security” by local police, never quite explain what it means. If the FBI wanted to ... «Boing Boing, Jul 15»
5
Face the Nation Transcripts July 5, 2015: Corker, Santorum, Klobuchar
Mike, we got through the July 4 holiday, but is this heightened alertness, is that the new normal? MICHAEL MORELL, CBS NEWS SENIOR ... «CBS News, Jul 15»
6
Is coffee good for you?
A 2013 study found that CGA improved attention span and alertness, and reduced headache, even among decaffeinated coffee drinkers. «Good Food, Jul 15»
7
Web portals high on drug talks
Usage of these drugs raises behavioural shifts in an individual that comprises alertness, restlessness, euphoria, excitement, the urge to talk, ... «India Today, Jul 15»
8
Ajinkya Rahane and the cone artist
In the past few days, Amre has put Rahane through an innovative cognition technique to improve his ward's "alertness" and "presence of mind". «Daily News & Analysis, Jul 15»
9
Is hearing loss scaring you?
Studies have linked untreated hearing loss to reduced alertness. Unheard and, therefore, unheeded traffic sounds, doorbells, telephones, ... «Palm Beach Post, Jul 15»
10
Lincoln sets tone for Boston Symphony Orchestra opener at …
... freely between the worlds of concerto and jazz, and his performance joined understated virtuosity, rhythmic alertness and rhapsodic melody. «Berkshire Eagle, Jul 15»

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