alertness

English

Etymology

From alert +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈlɝt.nəs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

alertness (usually uncountable, plural alertnesses)

1. The quality of being alert or on the alert.
   • 1989 September 12, Daniel Goleman, “Feeling Sleepy? An Urge to Nap Is Built In”, in The New York Times‎:

     THE human body was meant to have a midafternoon nap, according to a new consensus among sleep researchers who are studying the biological rhythms of sleep and alertness.

Translations

quality of being alert

Afrikaans: waaksaamheid Armenian: զգոնություն (hy) (zgonutʻyun) Bengali: সতর্কীকরণ (bn) (śotorkikron) Dutch: alertheid (nl) f, waakzaamheid (nl) f Finnish: varuillaanolo Italian: vigilanza (it) f Latin: vigilantia f Latvian: modrība f, modrums Polish: baczenie (pl) n (archaic), czujność (pl) f, uwaga (pl) f Spanish: vigilancia (es)