alerting
Giving advance notice
Alerting is the act of warning or notifying someone about something requiring attention.
The word functions as both a verb form and a noun: The system is alerting users to the outage or The early alerting saved lives.
In technical contexts, alerting refers to automated notification systems: email alerting, network alerting.
Careful attention to risk
- advisoryNotice recommending action
- noticeBecome aware of
- heads-upInformal advance warning
- forewarningNotice of future trouble
notification · inform · notify · tip-off · awareness · precaution · reminder · announcement
Wailing alert device
- bellHollow resonating instrument
- buzzerElectric signaling device
- hornPointed animal headgear
- beaconGuiding light source
klaxon · chime · whistle · gong · flashing · signal · bugle · clarion
Carefully attentive, observant
- observantNoticing things readily
- attentivePaying close notice
- awareHaving knowledge of
- waryGuardedly alert
heedful · mindful · cautious · guarded · perceptive · keen · sharp-eyed · on-guard
Crisis response number
- evacuationRemoval from danger
- rescueSave from harm
- crisisDecisive dangerous moment
- disasterSudden ruinous event
paramedics · triage · ambulance · firefighters · hazard · broadcast · dispatch · mayday
caution
Careful attention to risk
forewarning · notification · inform · notify · tip-off · awareness · precaution · reminder · announcement · indicator
siren
Wailing alert device
beacon · klaxon · chime · whistle · gong · flashing · signal · bugle · clarion · carillon
watchful
Carefully attentive, observant
wary · heedful · mindful · cautious · guarded · perceptive · keen · sharp-eyed · on-guard · sentinel
911
Crisis response number
- evacuationRemoval from danger
- rescueSave from harm
- crisisDecisive dangerous moment
disaster · paramedics · triage · ambulance · firefighters · hazard · broadcast · dispatch · mayday · distress
- network securityintrusion detection, IPS, IDS, access control, perimeter security
- animal behaviorsswimming, running, walking, jumping, flying
- contactingcalling, phoning, texting, emailing, messaging
- pet behaviortail wagging, purring, kneading, growling, hissing
- working animalsherding, gun dog, guarding, pulling, hunting dog
- bridgecontract bridge, duplicate bridge, rubber bridge, bridge table, trump
alertingconcealing
Keeping something secret
hiding · suppressing · withholding · ignoring · covering up
alertingdistracting
Drawing attention away
lulling · sedating · tranquilizing · diverting · deflecting
alert, alertness, alerted, alerts, alertly, hyperalert, alerter, unalert