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US
/əˈɫɝtɪŋ/
]
[ UK /ɐlˈɜːtɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /ɐlˈɜːtɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
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a state of readiness to respond
alerting was indicated by the desynchronization of the EEG - a warning serves to make you more alert to danger
How To Use alerting In A Sentence
- Computers can also cut costs by alerting a physician ordering a test that it has already been done.
- Rather than merely alerting the American public to the problems Mexico has long been facing from the narcotraficantes, I fear that the main reaction of the average gringo to this development will be that in addition to flooding their borders with illegal immigrants who are taking jobs from Americans, Mexico is now overrunning the country with drug cartel mafiosi. Project Coronado
- It can also operate in a silent mode, alerting security personnel with a flashing light.
- The sirens of an ambulance screamed on the way to the hospital, alerting everyone that a tragedy had occurred.
- What also draws regret and deploration is that the secretary-general did not make any statement condemning or deploring this attack, and the secretary-general did not, in accordance with Article 99 of the charter, namely the submission of a letter to the Security Council, alerting that the attack threatens international peace and security with the gravest of dangers, and it threatens the fate and the future of the United Nations at the heart. CNN Transcript Mar 21, 2003
- Somehow, she made it out to the poolside without alerting anyone inside the house.
- We also implemented a new information campaign in our waiting room aimed at alerting young people to the danger of infection.
- A radio transmitter is activated alerting rescue teams to their whereabouts.
- There had been no way for Sara to buy it without alerting everyone who knew her. BLINDSIGHTED
- Sponsors must also ensure that arrangements are in place for alerting them, and other stakeholder organizations, if significant developments occur in relation to safety or scientific direction.