alert

vigilant, attentif

Bien éveillé et attentif, prêt à remarquer quelque chose ou à réagir.

En anglais simple : Awake and paying close attention, ready to notice or respond to something.

• Coffee helps me stay alert.
• The dog remained alert all night.
• She was alert to every small sound.

Comment l'utiliser : alert to something (Drivers must be alert to sudden changes in traffic.)

Synonymes : attentive, watchful, vigilant

Contraires : inattentive, drowsy

Expressions courantes : stay alert, fully alert, alert to danger

notification, alerte

Message qui attire l’attention sur une information importante ou un changement.

En anglais simple : A message that draws your attention to important information or a change.

• My phone showed a news alert.
• You can receive alerts when prices change.
• I turned off email alerts during the meeting.

Synonymes : notification, notice

Expressions courantes : email alert, news alert, receive an alert

alerte, alarme

Avertissement d’un danger ou problème possible, souvent donné par un son ou un signal.

En anglais simple : A warning that danger or trouble may be near, often given by a sound or signal.

• A fire alert woke us.
• Officials issued an alert about rising river levels.
• The system sounds an alert when smoke appears.

Synonymes : warning, alarm

Expressions courantes : fire alert, sound an alert, flood alert

alerte, état d'alerte

État où les forces militaires sont prêtes à agir ou à combattre très rapidement.

En anglais simple : A state in which military forces are ready to act or fight at short notice.

• The soldiers are on alert.
• Enemy movements prompted a higher state of alert.
• Several aircraft remained on airborne alert overnight.

Comment l'utiliser : on alert (The troops remained on alert near the border.); put someone on alert (The commander put all units on alert.)

Synonymes : readiness

Expressions courantes : on alert, high alert, airborne alert

alerter, avertir

Informer quelqu’un d’un danger, d’un problème ou d’un fait important à remarquer.

En anglais simple : To tell someone about a danger, problem, or important fact they need to notice.

• Please alert the police.
• A neighbor alerted us to the fire.
• The app alerts users when their account balance is low.

Comment l'utiliser : alert someone to something (She alerted us to a problem with the heating.); alert someone that… (The message alerted staff that the building was unsafe.)

Synonymes : warn, notify, inform

Expressions courantes : alert the police, alert someone to, alert staff