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Much has been accomplished during the last year in the campaign against terrorism. This struggle will require vigilance, perseverance and sacrifice for many years to come.
Paul Cellucci

Meaning of "vigilance" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF VIGILANCE

vigilance  [ˈvɪdʒɪləns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VIGILANCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Vigilance 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 VIGILANCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Vigilance

Vigilance may refer to: ▪ Alertness ▪ Vigilance, the ability to maintain attention and alertness over prolonged periods of time ▪ Vigilance, the watchfulness of prey for nearby predators ▪ Vigilance, by Threat Signal ▪ Vigilance, a creature ability in the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game ▪ Vigilance control on railways ▪ Vigilance, a 1998 PC game by SegaSoft Airship ▪ ZPG-3W, largest US Navy non-rigid airship ever built...

Definition of vigilance in the English dictionary

The definition of vigilance in the dictionary is the fact, quality, or condition of being vigilant. Other definition of vigilance is the abnormal state or condition of being unable to sleep.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VIGILANCE


bivalence
baɪˈveɪləns
covalence
kəʊˈveɪləns
dataveillance
ˈdeɪtəˌveɪləns
divalence
daɪˈveɪləns
hypervigilance
ˌhaɪpəˈvɪdʒɪləns
jubilance
ˈdʒuːbɪləns
monovalence
ˌmɒnəʊˈveɪləns
multivalence
ˌmʌltɪˈveɪləns
pentavalence
ˌpɛntəˈveɪləns
pestilence
ˈpɛstɪləns
polyvalence
ˌpɒlɪˈveɪləns
quadrivalence
ˌkwɒdrɪˈveɪləns
quinquevalence
ˌkwɪŋkwɪˈveɪləns
sibilance
ˈsɪbɪləns
silence
ˈsaɪləns
surveillance
sɜːˈveɪləns
tetravalence
ˌtɛtrəˈveɪləns
trivalence
traɪˈveɪləns
univalence
ˌjuːnɪˈveɪləns
valence
ˈveɪləns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VIGILANCE

vig
viga
vigesimal
vigia
vigil
vigil light
Vigil Mass
vigilance committee
vigilance man
vigilant
vigilante
vigilantism
vigilantly
vigilantness
vigintillion
vigneron
vignette
vignetter
vignetting
vignettist

WORDS THAT END LIKE VIGILANCE

account balance
advance
air ambulance
ambulance
at a glance
balance
elance
freelance
glance
imbalance
in the balance
lance
on balance
resemblance
semblance
strike a balance
the Balance
trial balance
valance
video surveillance
work/life balance

Synonyms and antonyms of vigilance in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «VIGILANCE»

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

Translation of «vigilance» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VIGILANCE

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

Translator English - Chinese

警惕
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vigilancia
570 millions of speakers

English

vigilance
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सतर्कता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اليقظة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бдительность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vigilância
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সতর্ক প্রহরা
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

警戒
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

경계
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kewaspadaan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cảnh giác
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கண்காணிப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दक्षता
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

пильність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vigilență
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επαγρύπνηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

waaksaamheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vaksamhet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

årvåkenhet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of vigilance

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VIGILANCE»

The term «vigilance» is quite widely used and occupies the 23.938 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VIGILANCE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «vigilance» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «vigilance» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «VIGILANCE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word vigilance.
1
Steven Amsterdam
Nursing demands vigilance about people. The sights and smells that a patient offers, their movements and their offhand comments all contribute crucial information to understanding what they need. Training and experience heighten one's ability to see what needs to be seen.
2
Pearl S. Buck
When good people in any country cease their vigilance and struggle, then evil men prevail.
3
Paul Cellucci
Much has been accomplished during the last year in the campaign against terrorism. This struggle will require vigilance, perseverance and sacrifice for many years to come.
4
J. Reuben Clark
May He who holds in his hands the destinies of nations, make you worthy of the favors He has bestowed, and enabled you with pure hearts and hands and sleepless vigilance, to guard and defend to the end of time, the great charge He has committed to your keeping.
5
John Philpot Curran
The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.
6
Eugene Jarecki
The whole idea of a democracy is that we ourselves, the people, are supposed to make a path of our politics, and it is we who with our feet and our vote and our labors and our vigilance are supposed to shape our country.
7
Caroline Knapp
Tiny slices, no frosting, forty-five minutes on the StairMaster: These are the conditions, variations on a theme of vigilance and self-restraint that I've watched women dance to all my life, that I've danced to myself instinctively and still have to work to resist.
8
Georg C. Lichtenberg
Doubt must be no more than vigilance, otherwise it can become dangerous.
9
Augustus Baldwin Longstreet
He was a horse of goodly countenance, rather expressive of vigilance than fire; though an unnatural appearance of fierceness was thrown into it by the loss of his ears, which had been cropped pretty close to his head.
10
Catherine McAuley
There has been a most Providential Guidance which the want of prudence, vigilance, or judgement has not impeded, and it is here that we can most clearly see the designs of God.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VIGILANCE»

Discover the use of vigilance in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to vigilance and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Eternal Vigilance
After a century of Sleep, Tynan Llywelyn has awoken to find the world he once knew utterly obliterated by a brutal war of epic proportions.
Gabrielle Faust, 2008
2
Vigilance
Sydney's conscience struggles with her job, which too often asks her to work with criminals she'd much rather put away.
J. J. Abrams, Paul Ruditis, 2006
3
Vigilance: Theory, Operational Performance, and ...
This volume contains the proceedings of a symposium held in St. Vincent, Italy, on August 3-6,1976, entitled "Vigilance II: Relationships Among Theory, Physiological Correlates, and Opera tional Performance.
Robert Mackie, 2012
4
Eternal Vigilance?: 50 years of the CIA
The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime, and the punishment of his guilt. These words, spoken by John Philpot Curran in l790 in ...
Christopher Andrew, Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, 2013
5
Everyday Surveillance: Vigilance and Visibility in ...
Thoroughly revised, the second edition considers new topics, such as the rise of social media, and updates research throughout.
William G. Staples, 2013
6
The Law of Attention: Nada Yoga and the Way of Inner Vigilance
How to achieve a direct inner experience of your higher nature and the after-death state from which you originate and will return • Provides techniques for listening to the primordial sound within • Offers yoga and meditation techniques ...
Edward Salim Michael, 2010
7
Eternal Vigilance: Nine Tales of Environmental Heroism in ...
These are stories of exemplary courage, persistence, and dedication to an important cause.
Steven Higgs, 1995
8
The Attentive Brain
"f *f Brain Systems of Vigilance Raja Parasuraman, Joel S. Warm, and Judi E. See abstract Neurophysiological, lesion, and functional brain-imaging studies are discussed with respect to two major issues: the relationship between vigilance ...
Raja Parasuraman, 2000
9
Vigilance Experiences: Cancer Patients, Families, and Nurses
A qualitative, empirical phenomenological method guided this research.
Wendy Carter Kooken, 2008
10
Benefits and Cost of Dual-tasking in a Vigilance Task: A ...
It is believed that under certain conditions, the presence of a secondary task such as a cell phone conversation would minimize a decrease in vigilance.
Mark Sai Leong Chan, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VIGILANCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term vigilance is used in the context of the following news items.
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KM Mani gets clean chit from vigilance bureau in bar bribery case
The vigilance said there was not enough evidence to chargesheet Mani. The bar owners had gone to Mani's residence with the money but there is no evidence ... «The Indian Express, Jul 15»
2
Vigilance not to prosecute Kerala Finance Minister KM Mani
Thiruvananthapuram: In a major relief to the Oommen Chandy government in Kerala, Vigilance has decided not to prosecute Finance Minister KM Mani in the ... «IBNLive, Jun 15»
3
FIR filed against CM, vigilance director
A First Information Report (FIR) was filed against Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Vigilance Director K.B. Singh on Saturday for falsely implicating ... «The Hindu, Jun 15»
4
US homeland security chief urges vigilance after attacks abroad
"We continue to encourage all Americans to attend public events and celebrate this country during this summer season, but always remain vigilant," Johnson ... «Yahoo News, Jun 15»
5
Odisha High Court quashes vigilance case against CRPF DG …
The Odisha High Court on Friday quashed the state vigilance case against CRPF DG Prakash Mishra over allegations that he favoured some suppliers during ... «The Indian Express, Jun 15»
6
AAP govt sends corruption complaint against ACB chief Meena to …
New Delhi: Delhi Government on Thursday forwarded to Vigilance Department the corruption complaint filed by a retired Delhi Police inspector against Anti ... «Firstpost, Jun 15»
7
Kerala HC finds vigilance a 'caged parrot'; seeks ways to set it free
KOCHI: Describing the state's chief investigation agency against corruption as one lacking in operational independence, the Kerala High Court on Thursday ... «Times of India, Jun 15»
8
KV Chowdary Appointed Central Vigilance Commissioner; Vijai …
New Delhi: K V Chowdary, the former chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes, has been appointed the Central Vigilance Commissioner and senior-most ... «NDTV, Jun 15»
9
PM Modi-Led Panel Decides on Names of Chief Information …
New Delhi: Government and the opposition today agreed on the names of Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) and Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC), ... «NDTV, Jun 15»
10
Naveen Unveils State Vigilance Facebook Page
BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday unveiled the Facebook page of State Vigilance and called upon the youth to use social ... «The New Indian Express, May 15»

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