alarmeren — meaning in English

English meaning

• alarm noun A sound, signal, or device that warns of danger or draws attention to something needing action.
• alert adj Watchful and paying close attention; ready to notice or react quickly.
• rattle verb To make a rapid series of short, sharp knocking sounds by shaking or being shaken.

Senses

alarmeren is used for these senses in English:

• alarm (transitive) To give (someone) notice of approaching danger or necessary action; to rouse to vigilance; to put on the alert.
• alarm (transitive, of a device) To produce a warning of approaching danger or necessary action; to emit a signal intended to rouse a recipient to vigilance or put them on the alert.
• alarm (transitive) To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.
• alarm (transitive) To keep in excitement; to disturb.
• alert To give warning to.
• rattle (transitive, figurative, informal) To scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve.

alarm — full definition

1. noun A sound, signal, or device that warns of danger or draws attention to something needing action.
2. noun A sudden feeling of fear or anxiety caused by a sense of danger.
3. verb To make someone worried or afraid, often by warning them of a danger.

alert — full definition

1. adj Watchful and paying close attention; ready to notice or react quickly.
2. noun A warning or notification about something that needs attention.
3. verb To warn someone about something.

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