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vigilant
" We continue to be vigilant."
Marek Belka

Meaning of "vigilant" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD VIGILANT

From Latin vigilāns keeping awake, from vigilāre to be watchful.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF VIGILANT

ˈvɪdʒɪlənt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VIGILANT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Vigilant is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES VIGILANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Vigilant

Vigilant can refer to: ▪ HMRC Vigilant, two ships, and a number of cutters, of the British HM Customs and Excise ▪ HMC Vigilant, customs cutter of HM Customs and Excise ▪ HMS Vigilant, a number of ships of the British Royal Navy ▪ Vigilant, a French-navy ballistic missile submarine ▪ Vickers Vigilant, an anti-tank guided missile ▪ Vigilant, the winner of the 1893 America's Cup yacht race ▪ Grob Vigilant, a glider manufactured by Grob Aerospace of Mindelheim Mattsies of Germany ▪ CGS Vigilant, armed 3rd class cruiser and Great Lakes Fisheries protection vessel...

Definition of vigilant in the English dictionary

The definition of vigilant in the dictionary is keenly alert to or heedful of trouble or danger, as while others are sleeping or unsuspicious.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VIGILANT

assailant · bivalent · covalent · divalent · flagellant · hexavalent · hypervigilant · jubilant · monovalent · multivalent · pentavalent · pestilent · polyvalent · quadrivalent · sibilant · silent · surveillant · tetravalent · trivalent · univalent

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VIGILANT

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE VIGILANT

appellant · coolant · eggplant · galant · gallant · horripilant · implant · on a slant · oppilant · pasquilant · plant · power plant · repellant · rutilant · sealant · slant · sterilant · stimulant · transplant · volant

Synonyms and antonyms of vigilant in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «VIGILANT»

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

Translation of «vigilant» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF VIGILANT

Find out the translation of vigilant to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of vigilant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «vigilant» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

警惕的
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

vigilante
570 millions of speakers
en

English

vigilant
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

सतर्क
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اليقظة
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

бдительными
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

vigilante
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

সজাগ
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

vigilant
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Berhati-hati
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

wachsam
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

油断のない
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

경계하고 있는
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Waspada
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cảnh giác
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

விழிப்புடன்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

जागरुक
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

uyanık
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

vigilante
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

czujny
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

пильними
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

vigilent
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επαγρύπνηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

waaksaam
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vaksamma
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

årvåken
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of vigilant

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VIGILANT»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of vigilant
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about vigilant

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10 QUOTES WITH «VIGILANT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word vigilant.
1
King Albert II
In these troubled times we live in, we should remain vigilant and see through populist arguments.
2
Amanda Beard
With my sport, I am outside and in the water, which can be really drying and damaging to the skin, so I try to be vigilant about taking good care of it.
3
Marek Belka
We continue to be vigilant.
4
Greg Boyle
At its best, an injunction creates a kind of vigilant heat that moves kids toward the light.
5
Robert Byrd
To the American people I say, awaken to what is happening. It is the duty of each citizen to be vigilant, to protect liberty, to speak out, left and right and disagree lest be trampled underfoot by misguided zealotry and extreme partisanship.
6
Charlie Dent
We in the United States should be all the more thankful for the freedom and religious tolerance we enjoy. And we should always remember the lessons learned from the Holocaust, in hopes we stay vigilant against such inhumanity now and in the future.
7
Calista Flockhart
Well, I don't think I've ever consciously come up with tricks and tools to, kind of, hide. I do think I'm a bit more vigilant, in terms of safety issues and things. And sometimes it is kind of nice to try to hold onto your anonymity.
8
Fabiola Gianotti
We will have to be very vigilant that young female scientists have the same opportunities as their male colleagues.
9
Drew Goddard
If you can relate to what the character's going through, the story can be as ridiculous as possible, and people will relate to it. You can be fearless in your storytelling if you're vigilant about protecting your characters.
10
Orrin Hatch
Vigilant and effective antitrust enforcement today is preferable to the heavy hand of government regulation of the Internet tomorrow.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VIGILANT»

Discover the use of vigilant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to vigilant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Eternally Vigilant: Free Speech in the Modern Era
"With group efforts, such as this collection of essays, it is almost inevitable that there will be a couple—and often several—duds among the bunch, or at least a dismaying repetition of ideas. Such is not the case here. . .
Lee C. Bollinger, Geoffrey R. Stone, 2002
2
The Vigilant Investor: A Former SEC Enforcer Reveals How to ...
This book puts the fascinating details of countless misdeeds at your fingertips, providing you with unparalleled practical insight and equipping you to protect your money from those who mean to separate you from it.
Pat HUDDLESTON, 2012
3
Vigilant Things: On Thieves, Yoruba Anti-aesthetics, and the ...
In Vigilant Things, David T. Doris argues that aale are keys to understanding how images function in Yoruba social and cultural life.
David Todd Doris, 2011
4
Vigilant Memory: Emmanuel Levinas, the Holocaust, and the ...
Vigilant Memory focuses on the particular role of Emmanuel Levinas's thought in reasserting the ethical parameters for poststructuralist criticism in the aftermath of the Holocaust.
R. Clifton Spargo, 2006
5
The Origins of the Vigilant State: The London Metropolitan ...
A penetrating study of the origins of Britain's secret police' -the London Metropolitan Special Branch.
Bernard Porter, 1987
6
Vigilant Christian II: Preventing an American Hiroshima
Each of the books in the "Vigilant Christian" series seeks to make darkness visible, establishing a tapestry of carefully explained events that actually happened, with each hair-raising assertion backed up with a thorough documentation of ...
David J. Dionisi, 2011
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Vigilant Faith: Passionate Agnosticism in a Secular World
In Vigilant Faith: Passionate Agnosticism in a Secular World, Daniel Boscaljon takes up the contemporary challenges to faith by skepticism and secularism.
Daniel Boscaljon, 2013
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Don't Make Me Go Back, Mommy: A Child's Book About Satanic ...
Five-year-old Allison is one of a group of children who are abused and subjected to horrible rituals at a perverse day care center, but with therapy and her parents' love she begins the healing process.
Doris Sanford, 1990
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Foot and mouth disease to protect U.S. livestock, USDA must ...
Introduction slaughtered and serological surveillance results prove that the disease has been eradicated before reapplying for FMD-free status. The international community generally places a high value on products from countries that are ...
10
The Cognitive Neurosciences
Closely linked to Posner's notion of the "alerting" system, vigilant attention is distinct from Posner's other two functionally and anatomically distinct supramodal attentional systems — selection and control respectively. We review evidence for  ...
Michael S. Gazzaniga, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VIGILANT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term vigilant is used in the context of the following news items.
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Secret Garden Party revellers warned to be 'vigilant' after woman …
Following the claim, revellers were warned to be “vigilant” in posters put up across the festival site in Abbots Ripton, Cambridgeshire. One notice appealed for ... «Evening Standard, Jul 15»
2
'We have files on suspected jihadis' - Charlie Flanagan warns …
Ireland needs to “remain vigilant” against Islamic State says Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan, who admitted files were being kept on suspected jihadis ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
3
Snakes On A Lane: Villagers Told Be Vigilant
Police have warned people living in Guisborough, Teesside, to be vigilant after a second snake was found on a country lane. The Burmese Python, around 8ft, ... «Yahoo News UK, Jul 15»
4
PUBLIC SAFETY: Inland police vigilant amid federal terror alert
San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Jodi Miller also said deputies have been briefed, and she encouraged the public to be vigilant. «Press-Enterprise, Jul 15»
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Local law enforcement say to be vigilant for possible terror threats …
His message is have a good weekend, but be vigilant. Copyright 2015 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, ... «WXYZ, Jul 15»
6
Homeland security chief tells police to be vigilant
“We are encouraging all law enforcement to be vigilant and prepared,” he added. “We will also adjust security measures, seen and unseen, as necessary to ... «San Antonio Express-News, Jun 15»
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Fourth of July terror warning issued by FBI, Homeland Security
... local law enforcement was being encouraged to be "vigilant and prepared'' in ... celebrate this country during this summer season, but always remain vigilant.''. «USA TODAY, Jun 15»
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Officials urge Americans to be vigilant following attacks
WASHINGTON Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson is urging Americans "to be vigilant and prepared" ahead of the July 4th holiday following attacks in ... «WNDU-TV, Jun 15»
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Hawaii National Guard Running Its Largest-Ever Disaster Exercise
The Vigilant Guard/Makani Pahili 2015 disaster preparedness exercise includes more than 2,200 participants from multiple states responding to a simulated ... «Emergency Management, Jun 15»
10
38 Cubans stranded aboard US Coast Guard vessel, officials say
The migrants were among about 96 Cubans who were intercepted at sea and taken aboard the Coast Guard cutter Vigilant, a 210-foot ship operating out of Port ... «Newsday, May 15»
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