alertness
Noun
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The process of paying close and continuous attention (synset 105713669)
"wakefulness, watchfulness, and bellicosity make a good hunter"; "vigilance is especially susceptible to fatigue"hypernym: attention - the faculty or power of mental concentrationhyponym: jealousy - zealous vigilance
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A state of readiness to respond (synset 114059525)
"alerting was indicated by the desynchronization of the EEG"hypernym: arousal - a state of heightened physiological activitysynonym: alerting
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Lively attentiveness (synset 104671985)
hypernym: attentiveness - the trait of being observant and paying attentionsynonym: on the qui vive, sharp-sightedness
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