alarm

«alarm» in Mova's school dictionary: A device that makes a loud noise to warn people of… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an alarm, alarms; alarm — uncountable: fear); verb (alarm, alarms, alarmed, alarming)

meaning for a pupil

1) A device that makes a loud noise to warn people of danger: a fire alarm, a smoke alarm. tree →

2) A clock or phone sound that wakes you up at a set time. tree →

3) A sudden feeling of fear or worry: «She cried out in alarm». tree →

4) Verb: to make someone worried or frightened. tree →

5) Alarming means causing fear or worry, or being shocking. tree →

sense in the lessons

In safety lessons: when the fire alarm rings, stop, leave your things, walk calmly out by the nearest exit and go to the meeting point; never press a fire alarm as a joke; test smoke alarms at home; carbon monoxide alarms. In everyday life: set an alarm to wake up. Phrases: fire alarm, smoke alarm, burglar alarm, alarm clock, set the alarm, false alarm, raise the alarm, in alarm.

examples

• When the fire alarm rings, line up and walk outside. tree →
• Our smoke alarm beeps when the battery is low. tree →
• My alarm goes off at seven. tree →
• It was a false alarm — just burnt toast. tree →
• Never set off a fire alarm as a joke. tree →
• She raised the alarm when she saw smoke. tree →
• The car alarm went off in the night. tree →
• Don't be alarmed — it's only a drill. tree →
• The other Danish and Swedish stories are not alarming. tree →

note

Countable when it is a device (alarms), uncountable when it means fear. «Alarming» = worrying. «False alarm» = the alarm rang but there was no danger. A fire drill is a practice; treat every alarm as real.

In the corpora

• The Rat is alarmed — Toad must be really ill.
• A smoke alarm senses tiny smoke particles; test it by pressing its button, never with a flame.
• A loud, repeating smoke alarm means there may be a fire: get out and stay out.
• A single short chirp every minute or so from a smoke alarm usually means its battery is low.
• A smoke alarm that does not work cannot wake you, and most deadly home fires happen at night while people sleep.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «alarm» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.