Alert

Definition

alert /ǝ'lɜ:t/ adj ~ (to sth) ႏိုးၾကားေသာ။ သတိရိွေသာ။ be alert to possible dangers ❍ The alert listener will have noticed the error. ❍ Although he's over eighty his mind is still remarkably alert. N ၁။ [ sing, U] အသင့္အေနအထား။ ႏိုးႏိုးၾကားၾကား ရိွျခင္း။ a state of alert ❍ The police/troops were placed/put on (full) alert. ❍ Police warned the public to be on the alert for suspicious packages. ၂။ [C] သတိေပးခ်က္။ a bomb/fire alert. See also RED ALERT v ၁။ သတိေပးသည္။ ႏိႈးေဆာ္သည္။ Why weren't the police alerted? ❍ Hospitals were alerted and staff put on stand-by. ၂။ ~ sb to sth တပ္လွန္႔ ႏိႈးေဆာ္ထားသည္။ alert staff to the crisis facing the company. ❏ alertness n [U] ႏိုးၾကားမႈ။

Examples

1. She’s remained physically fit and mentally alert.
2. [alert to] : Parents must be alert to the symptoms of the disease.