<adj.all> caught by a couple of alert cops alert enough to spot the opportunity when it came constantly alert and vigilant, like a sentinel on duty
quick and energetic
<adj.all> a brisk walk in the park a lively gait a merry chase traveling at a rattling rate a snappy pace a spanking breeze
mentally perceptive and responsive
<adj.all> an alert mind alert to the problems alive to what is going on awake to the dangers of her situation was now awake to the reality of his predicament
Alert \A*lert"\, n. (Mil.) An alarm from a real or threatened attack; a sudden attack; also, a bugle sound to give warning. ``We have had an alert.'' --Farrow.
{On the alert}, on the lookout or watch against attack or danger; ready to act.
Alert \A*lert"\ ([.a]*l[~e]rt"), a. [F. alerte, earlier [`a] l'erte on the watch, fr. It. all' erta on the watch, prop. (standing) on a height, where one can look around; erta a declivity, steep, erto steep, p. p. of ergere, erigere, to erect, raise, L. erigere. See {Erect}.] 1. Watchful; vigilant; active in vigilance.
2. Brisk; nimble; moving with celerity.
An alert young fellow. --Addison.
Syn: Active; agile; lively; quick; prompt.
Lawmen over most of this 1,000-mile-long state were on alert for Salcido, whose 10-year-old car was discovered abandoned 20 miles south in San Rafael.
Doctors say the 3-year-old girl was alert and well Thursday, three days after she was found frozen and clinically dead in a snowdrift outside her mobile home in Elkins, W.Va.
Conversely, a critical press can sometimes alert a company to an area of weak performance. But not everyone believes that media evaluation techniques are a satisfactory measure of PR's effectiveness.
One alert reader received a mail shot from Sharelink giving him the chance to invest in one of two indexed funds via a personal equity plan.
They put out a general alert.
Just two days earlier, he had confidently signed an order placing all armed forces on alert.
A source said the advisories are issued during a heightened state of international alert, such as the July 1988 downing of a civilian Iranian airliner by the USS Vincennes.
Atwater was described as alert and said to be receiving visitors following therapy.
South Korea's 120,000 police have been placed on top alert.
This concert was part of the City of London Festival, though there was little to alert the audience to the fact.
In summary, anyone tempted to try this system should be both patient and alert to the dangers. Having said that, which stocks would the system select now?
She declined to give any details on the value or the weight of the crack Bush displayed, suggesting that such details might further serve to alert the dealer.
"A state of alert has been declared, but everything is quiet," Perez said, adding that in some places, the water was between 3 feet to 9 feet deep.
Richard Curd, spokesman for Carnation Nutritional Products in Los Angeles, said that the company plans an information campaign that will alert the public to the problem of infant formula allergies.
'I want to stress, however, that I am not putting dangerous substances of any kind into my body, other than mass quantities of Norwegian beer, because I want to remain alert now that Tonya Harding is finally here.
"Bentsen is obviously mature, well informed," he said. "Quayle came across as quite bright, alert.
He was taken to Abington Memorial Hospital, where Linda Miller, a spokeswoman, said he was in stable condition and alert.
Republican National Committee Chairman Lee Atwater was alert after undergoing radiation therapy for brain tumor "progression," a spokeswoman said today.
Their artistic tradition has been largely preserved, and they are culturally alert and relatively enterprising. Haida activists have been negotiating aggressively with the Canadian government for administrative rights over the entire southern chain.
It was an orderly shutdown." The low-level radioactive leak prompted plant officials to call an alert, Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokesman Frank Ingram said.
President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua extended a truce with guerrillas through the end of December, but said Tuesday his nation will maintain a state of alert until it sees a change in U.S. policy.
Khomeini was a healthy, alert 76. His lifestyle was spartan: rough blankets to keep out the cold in the unheated cottage; an apple and a bowl of bean soup for lunch; no television.
The president was alert and responsive throughout the operation, discussing various aspects of the procedure with doctors.
"Being on the border we have to be on maximum alert, be it day or night," said Lt.
He called home to alert his wife to a letter he left behind.
Banks lent for specific property developments and were not given information on how much had been borrowed elsewhere for other projects. In the week following the first alert, Mr Kent and Mr Crow kept in constant touch.
Wharton said he thinks the four-minute session, held during a break in the trial of a personal injury lawsuit, helps keep people alert.
Opponents, including many corporate executives, argue that premature disclosure of merger talks can artificially inflate stock prices, cause a deal to collapse and alert potentially hostile acquirers to a hitherto unknown buyout opportunity.
The FBI generally requires agents in the field to alert their superiors about contacts with White House aides or other high-ranking administration officials.
For years the 54-year-old Dalai Lama has tried to alert the world to the suffering inflicted on Tibet by China's communist government.