alarm
♦ alarm /əl'ɑːrm/ (alarms alarming alarmed)
1 [N-UNCOUNT] oft with/in N, N over/about n
Alarm is a feeling of fear or anxiety that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen.
The news was greeted with alarm by MPs...
2 [VERB] V n
If something alarms you, it makes you afraid or anxious that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen.
We could not see what had alarmed him.
= frighten
3 [N-COUNT]
An alarm is an automatic device that warns you of danger, for example by ringing a bell.
He heard the alarm go off.
4 [N-COUNT]
An alarm is the same as an alarm clock.
5
see also alarming, alarmed, car alarm, car alarm, false alarm, fire alarm, smoke alarm
6 [PHRASE] N inflects
If you say that something sets alarm bells ringing, you mean that it makes people feel worried or concerned about something.
7 [PHRASE] V inflects
If you raise the alarm or sound the alarm, you warn people of danger.
His family raised the alarm when he had not come home by 9pm.alarm clock (alarm clocks)
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An alarm clock is a clock that you can set to make a noise so that it wakes you up at a particular time.
I set my alarm clock for 4.30.
= alarmbur|glar alarm (burglar alarms)
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A burglar alarm is an electric device that makes a bell ring loudly if someone tries to enter a building by force.car alarm (car alarms)
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A car alarm is a device in a car which makes a loud noise if anyone tries to break into the vehicle.
He returned to the airport to find his car alarm going off.false alarm (false alarms)
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When you think something dangerous is about to happen, but then discover that you were mistaken, you can say that it was a false alarm.
...a bomb threat that turned out to be a false alarm.fire alarm (fire alarms)
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A fire alarm is a device that makes a noise, for example with a bell, to warn people when there is a fire.smoke alarm (smoke alarms)
also smoke detector
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A smoke alarm or a smoke detector is a device fixed to the ceiling of a room which makes a loud noise if there is smoke in the air, to warn people.
1 [N-UNCOUNT] oft with/in N, N over/about n
Alarm is a feeling of fear or anxiety that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen.
The news was greeted with alarm by MPs...
2 [VERB] V n
If something alarms you, it makes you afraid or anxious that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen.
We could not see what had alarmed him.
= frighten
3 [N-COUNT]
An alarm is an automatic device that warns you of danger, for example by ringing a bell.
He heard the alarm go off.
4 [N-COUNT]
An alarm is the same as an alarm clock.
5
see also alarming, alarmed, car alarm, car alarm, false alarm, fire alarm, smoke alarm
6 [PHRASE] N inflects
If you say that something sets alarm bells ringing, you mean that it makes people feel worried or concerned about something.
7 [PHRASE] V inflects
If you raise the alarm or sound the alarm, you warn people of danger.
His family raised the alarm when he had not come home by 9pm.alarm clock (alarm clocks)
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An alarm clock is a clock that you can set to make a noise so that it wakes you up at a particular time.
I set my alarm clock for 4.30.
= alarmbur|glar alarm (burglar alarms)
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A burglar alarm is an electric device that makes a bell ring loudly if someone tries to enter a building by force.car alarm (car alarms)
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A car alarm is a device in a car which makes a loud noise if anyone tries to break into the vehicle.
He returned to the airport to find his car alarm going off.false alarm (false alarms)
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When you think something dangerous is about to happen, but then discover that you were mistaken, you can say that it was a false alarm.
...a bomb threat that turned out to be a false alarm.fire alarm (fire alarms)
[N-COUNT]
A fire alarm is a device that makes a noise, for example with a bell, to warn people when there is a fire.smoke alarm (smoke alarms)
also smoke detector
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A smoke alarm or a smoke detector is a device fixed to the ceiling of a room which makes a loud noise if there is smoke in the air, to warn people.