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alertness
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As a noun, alertness means the quality of being alert or on the alert.
Meanings of alertness
4 meaningsnoun
The quality of being alert or on the alert
The process of paying close and continuous attention
“wakefulness, watchfulness, and bellicosity make a good hunter”
“vigilance is especially susceptible to fatigue”
Similar: watchfulness, wakefulness, vigilanceA state of readiness to respond
“alerting was indicated by the desynchronization of the EEG”
Similar: alertingLively attentiveness
Similar: sharp-sightedness, on the qui vive
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
Synonyms by meaning
All synonyms for alertness →noun: the process of paying close and continuous attention
noun: a state of readiness to respond
noun: lively attentiveness
sharp-sightednesson the qui vive
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