What is the meaning of alerting?

noun

A state of readiness to respond.
- usage: "alerting was indicated by the desynchronization of the EEG"
- synonyms: alertness
A warning serves to make you more alert to danger.
- synonyms: alert

verb

Warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness.
- usage: "The empty house alarmed him"; "We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries"
- synonyms: alarm, alert

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