Definizione monolingua

alarm

alarm (third-person singular simple present alarms, present participle alarming, simple past and past participle alarmed) (transitive)

1. To call to arms for defense
2. To give (someone) notice of approaching danger
3. To rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert.
4. To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.
5. To keep in excitement; to disturb.

alarm (countable and uncountable; plural alarms)

1. A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.

   Arming to answer in a night alarm. --Shakespeare.

2. Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.

   Sound an alarm in my holy mountain. --Joel ii. 1.

   Thy palace fill with insults and alarms. --Alexander Pope.

3. Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.

   Alarm and resentment spread throughout the camp. --Thomas Babington Macaulay.

4. A mechanical device for awaking people, or rousing their attention.

   The clockradio is a friendlier version of the cold alarm by the bedside

5. An instance of an alarum ringing or clanging, to give a noise signal at a certain time.

   You should set the alarm on your watch to go off at seven oclock.

Definizione dizionario alarm

	allarme
	The act of signalling an impending danger in order to call attention to some event or condition.
	A signal given to call attention to some event or condition which may be an impending danger.

	sveglia
	An alert that is set by the user to be activated at a particular time.

paura

sirena

	avviso
	An alert that is set by the user to be activated at a particular time.

abbattimento

alarmo

allarmare

ansia

apatia

aver timore

avvertire

impaurire

preoccupazione

ragazza

spaventare

temere

timore

Altri significati:

sudden surprise with fear or terror

To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.

To rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert.

To call to arms for defense

notice of approaching danger

mechanical contrivance for awaking

summons to arms

To keep in excitement; to disturb.

Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.

to call to arms

To give (someone) notice of approaching danger

A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.

A mechanical device for awaking people, or rousing their attention.

instance of an alarum ringing or clanging

An instance of an alarum ringing or clanging, to give a noise signal at a certain time.

to surprise with apprehension of danger

to keep in excitement; to disturb

to give notice (by sound or otherwise) of approaching danger

Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.