alarm
What is the Definition of alarm?
Noun:
- fear resulting from the awareness of danger
- a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event
- an automatic signal (usually a sound)
- a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time
Verb:
- fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
- warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness
How can I use alarm in a sentence?
He asked if he knew how to get past Fluffy — and he said something about Quirrell's ‘hocus pocus' — I reckon there are other things guarding the stone apart from Fluffy, loads of enchantments, probably, and Quirrell would have done some anti-Dark Arts spell that Snape needs to break through — So you mean the Stone's only safe as long as Quirrell stands up to Snape? said Hermione in alarm.
The repaired alarm clock rang at six o'clock the next morning.
The loud alarm woke everyone up in the middle of the night. - Громкая тревога разбудила всех посреди ночи.
What time does the alarm clock wake you up every morning? - Во сколько будильник будит тебя каждое утро?
Set the alarm for 7 AM. - Установи будильник на 7 утра.
Other meanings of alarm (synonyms, cognates).
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| alarmed |
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| alarming |
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| alarmingly |
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| alarmist |
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