"vigilant" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈvɪd͡ʒɪlənt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-vigilant.wav [UK] Forms: more vigilant [comparative], most vigilant [superlative]
Etymology: From French vigilant or its source, Latin vigilans, present participle of vigilare (“stay awake”), from vigil (“awake”). Doublet of vigilante, from Spanish. Displaced Old English wacor. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|vigilant}} French vigilant, {{der|en|la|vigilans}} Latin vigilans, {{m|la|vigilare|t=stay awake}} vigilare (“stay awake”), {{m|la|vigil|t=awake}} vigil (“awake”), {{doublet|en|vigilante}} Doublet of vigilante, {{ncog|ang|wacor}} Old English wacor Head templates: {{en-adj}} vigilant (comparative more vigilant, superlative most vigilant)
  1. Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary Synonyms (watchful): alert, aware, careful, circumspect, observant, on the qui vive, wakesome, wary, watchful Translations (watchful): զգոն (zgon) (Armenian), զգաստ (zgast) (Armenian), ayıq (Azerbaijani), oyaq (Azerbaijani), oyanıq (Azerbaijani), gözüaçıq (Azerbaijani), sayıq (Azerbaijani), sərvaxt (Azerbaijani), бдителен (bditelen) (Bulgarian), зорък (zorǎk) (Bulgarian), vigilant (Catalan), bdělý [masculine] (Czech), ostražitý [masculine] (Czech), opmærksom (Danish), forsigtig (Danish), vigla (Esperanto), valpas (Finnish), varuillaan (Finnish), vigilant (French), vixiante [feminine, masculine] (Galician), ფხიზელი (pxizeli) (Georgian), ყურადღებიანი (q̇uradɣebiani) (Georgian), aufmerksam (German), umsichtig (German), wachsam (German), 𐌿𐍃𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍅𐍃 (usskaws) (Gothic), सतर्क (satark) (Hindi), aireach (Irish), cathaiseach [literary] (Irish), feighlíoch (Irish), vigilante (Italian), vigilans (Latin), modrs (Latvian), tauwhiro (Maori), awhitu (Maori), awhiti (Maori), korita (Maori), oppmerksom (Norwegian), forsiktig (Norwegian), vaktsom (Norwegian Bokmål), vaktsam (Norwegian Nynorsk), wacor (Old English), سهران (sehran) (Ottoman Turkish), czujny (Polish), baczny (Polish), vigilante (Portuguese), vigilent (Romanian), precaut (Romanian), atent (Romanian), бди́тельный (bdítelʹnyj) (Russian), vigilantan (Serbo-Croatian), budan (Serbo-Croatian), pažljiv (Serbo-Croatian), na oprezu (Serbo-Croatian), vigilante (Spanish), uppmärksam (Swedish), försiktig (Swedish), uyanık (Turkish), пильний (pylʹnyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-vigilant-en-adj-X5c0T6oV Disambiguation of 'watchful': 73 27 Disambiguation of 'watchful': 73 27
  2. (heraldry, rare) In vigilance. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Heraldry
    Sense id: en-vigilant-en-adj-970NVySD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: heedful, hip, on guard, on the lookout, on the watch, on watch, vigilant, wakeful, woke [African-American-Vernacular-English] Hypernyms: attentive, careful, cautious, reckful [uncommon] Hyponyms: Argus-eyed Derived forms: pharmacovigilant, vigilantly Related terms: vigil, vigilance, vigilante, pay attention

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          "sense": "watchful",
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          "ref": "1997, Saint Thomas More, More to Cranevelt, Leuven University Press, page 23",
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "zgon",
      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "զգոն"
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "zgast",
      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "զգաստ"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "ayıq"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "oyaq"
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    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "oyanıq"
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    {
      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "watchful",
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    {
      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "sayıq"
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    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "sərvaxt"
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      "roman": "bditelen",
      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "бдителен"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zorǎk",
      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "зорък"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "vigilant"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "watchful",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bdělý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "watchful",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "ostražitý"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "opmærksom"
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    {
      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "forsigtig"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "vigla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "valpas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "varuillaan"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "vigilant"
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      "sense": "watchful",
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        "masculine"
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      "roman": "pxizeli",
      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "ფხიზელი"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "q̇uradɣebiani",
      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "ყურადღებიანი"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "aufmerksam"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "umsichtig"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "wachsam"
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    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "usskaws",
      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "𐌿𐍃𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍅𐍃"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
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      "roman": "satark",
      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "सतर्क"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "aireach"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "watchful",
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      "word": "cathaiseach"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "feighlíoch"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "vigilante"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "vigilans"
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "modrs"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "tauwhiro"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "awhitu"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "awhiti"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "korita"
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    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "oppmerksom"
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "forsiktig"
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    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "vaktsom"
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      "code": "nn",
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      "sense": "watchful",
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    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "wacor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "sehran",
      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "سهران"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "czujny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "baczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "vigilante"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "vigilent"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "precaut"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "atent"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bdítelʹnyj",
      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "бди́тельный"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "vigilantan"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "budan"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "pažljiv"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "na oprezu"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "vigilante"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "uppmärksam"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "försiktig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "watchful",
      "word": "uyanık"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pylʹnyj",
      "sense": "watchful",
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      ],
      "word": "пильний"
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