alarm

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And all of it for an alarm clock app?

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Quick take

fear resulting from the awareness of danger

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of alarm gathered in one view.

noun

fear resulting from the awareness of danger

noun

a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event

noun

an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for alarm.

noun

fear resulting from the awareness of danger

noun

a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event

noun

an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger

noun

a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time

verb

fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised; "I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview"; "The news of the executions horrified us"

See also: dismay, appal, appall, horrify

verb

warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness; "The empty house alarmed him"; "We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries"

Example sentences

And all of it for an alarm clock app?

One tip which I didn't see: set an alarm for going to bed, not waking up.

And I use a sunrise simulator alarm clock.

But as far as the fear of actual threat is concerned this should not alarm anybody.

Add an alarm when the two sticks are not within a certain margin of the each other, if both are engaged.

I've queried how to get entry into Russia before, I hope that didn't trigger any kind of alarm.

Did I break it?> The alarm is shown as a red filled square, so when I tap it, it should perform a negative action, right?These comments are disingenous.

The idea that TSA is now using little stacks of toe-nail clippers and such as proof of how great a job they are doing should be ringing alarm bells somewhere.

The author applies his alarm narrowly to problems in his private equity portfolio.

"Also interestingly, while testing Picasa and/or Youtube integration, Motorola's methods of authenticating actually tripped Google's suspicious activity alarm.