Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

alerted

/əlˈɝtɪd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.32 in modern English

Syllables: alert-ed
IPA: /əlˈɝtɪd/

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of alert

adj

Having been made alert; having been made attentive, alarmed or warned of something coming soon.

Inflected Forms

more alerted (comparative) most alerted (superlative)

Derived Forms

unalerted

Rhymes With

converted deserted asserted diverted inverted perverted reverted exerted averted flirted subverted blurted

Questions

How do you pronounce alerted?: The recorded pronunciation is /əlˈɝtɪd/.
What does alerted mean?: simple past and past participle of alert

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