alerting

Definitions of alerting
  1. noun
    a warning serves to make you more alert to danger
    synonyms: alert
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    examples:
    Emergency Alert System
    a federal warning system that is activated by FEMA; enables the President to take over the United States airwaves to warn the whole country of major catastrophic events
    type of:
    warning
    a message informing of danger
  2. noun
    a state of readiness to respond
    “alerting was indicated by the desynchronization of the EEG”
    synonyms: alertness
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    type of:
    arousal
    a state of heightened physiological activity
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