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Noun: alertness  u'lurtnus
  1. The process of paying close and continuous attention
    - watchfulness, wakefulness, vigilance
     
  2. A state of readiness to respond
    - alerting
     
  3. Lively attentiveness
    - sharp-sightedness, on the qui vive

Derived forms: alertnesses

See also: alert

Type of: arousal, attention, attentiveness

Encyclopedia: Alertness

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