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vigilant

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vig·i·lant  (vj-lnt)
adj.
On the alert; watchful. See Synonyms at aware.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin vigilns, vigilant-, present participle of vigilre, to be watchful; see vigilante.]

vigi·lant·ly adv.

vigilant [ˈvɪdʒɪlənt]
adj
keenly alert to or heedful of trouble or danger, as while others are sleeping or unsuspicious
[from Latin vigilāns keeping awake, from vigilāre to be watchful; see vigil]
vigilantly  adv
vigilantness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.vigilantvigilant - carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger; "a policy of open-eyed awareness"; "the vigilant eye of the town watch"; "there was a watchful dignity in the room"; "a watchful parent with a toddler in tow"
alert, watchful - engaged in or accustomed to close observation; "caught by a couple of alert cops"; "alert enough to spot the opportunity when it came"; "constantly alert and vigilant, like a sentinel on duty"

vigilant
adjective watchful, alert, on the lookout, careful, cautious, attentive, circumspect, wide awake, on the alert, on your toes, wakeful, on your guard, on the watch, on the qui vive, Argus-eyed, keeping your eyes peeled or skinned (informal) Police warned the public to be vigilant and report anything suspicious.
slack, careless, lax, negligent, neglectful, inattentive, remiss
Translations
vigilant [ˈvɪdʒɪlənt] ADJvigilante, alerta
staff have been instructed to be extra vigilantse ha ordenado a todo el personal que extreme la vigilancia
under his vigilant eyebajo su atenta mirada
to be vigilant against [+ danger, threat] → mantenerse alerta or vigilante frente a
vigilant [ˈvɪdʒɪlənt] adjvigilant(e)
vigilant
adjwachsam; to be vigilant about somethingauf etw (acc)achten; to be vigilant about over-exposing oneself to the sundarauf achten, sich nicht zu sehr der Sonne auszusetzen; to be vigilant against somethingsich vor etw (dat)hüten; to keep a vigilant eye on somebody/somethingein wachsames Auge auf jdn/etw haben; to be under somebody’s vigilant eyevon jdm genau beobachtet werden; the customs officers are ever vigilant for drug traffickersdie Zollbeamten haben stets ein wachsames Auge auf Drogenhändler
vigilant [ˈvɪdʒɪlnt] adjvigile
vigilant [ˈvɪdʒɪlnt] adjvigile


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The archdeacon had in Quasimodo the most submissive slave, the most docile lackey, the most vigilant of dogs.
Now as the rival companies keep a vigilant eye upon each other, and are anxious to discover each other's plans and movements, they generally contrive to hold their annual assemblages at no great distance apart.
Most of their dark forms were soon blended with the brown covering of the prairie; though the captives, who watched the slightest movement of their enemies with vigilant eyes, were now and then enabled to discern a human figure, drawn against the horizon, as some one, more eager than the rest, rose to his greatest height in order to extend the limits of his view.
 
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