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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