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 Definitions of vigilance  [ˈvɪdʒ ə ləns]  

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Definition of 'vigilance' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) vigilance
the state or quality of being vigilant; watchfulness.

Etymology:  (1560–70; < L)

Definition of 'vigilance' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) watchfulness, wakefulness, vigilance, alertness
the process of paying close and continuous attention
"wakefulness, watchfulness, and bellicosity make a good hunter"; "vigilance is especially susceptible to fatigue"

2. (noun) watchfulness, vigilance, weather eye
vigilant attentiveness
"he keeps a weather eye open for trouble"


Definition of 'vigilance' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) vigilance
the quality or state of being vigilant; forbearance of sleep; wakefulness

2. (noun) vigilance
watchfulness in respect of danger; care; caution; circumspection

3. (noun) vigilance
guard; watch


Translation of 'vigilance' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: watchfulness or readiness for danger
He watched her with the vigilance of a hawk.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: waaksaamheid Arabic flag Arabic: يَقْظَه، حَذَر Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: бдителност
Brazilian flag Brazilian: vigilância Czech flag Czech: ostražitost German flag German: die Wachsamkeit
Danish flag Danish: vagtsomhed Greek flag Greek: επαγρύπνηση Spanish flag Spanish: vigilancia
Estonian flag Estonian: valvsus Farsi flag Farsi: هشیاری؛ مراقبت Finnish flag Finnish: valppaus
French flag French: vigilance Hebrew flag Hebrew: עֵירָנוּת Hindi flag Hindi: सतर्कता, चौकसी
Croatian flag Croatian: budnost Hungarian flag Hungarian: éberség Indonesian flag Indonesian: kesiagaan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: árvekni Italian flag Italian: vigilanza Japanese flag Japanese: 警戒
Korean flag Korean: 경계, 조심 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: budrumas Latvian flag Latvian: modrība
Malay flag Malay: berjaga-jaga Dutch flag Dutch: waakzaamheid Norwegian flag Norwegian: årvåkenhet, vaktsomhet
Polish flag Polish: czujność Portuguese flag Portuguese: vigilância Romanian flag Romanian: vigilenţă
Russian flag Russian: бдительность Slovak flag Slovak: ostražitosť, bdelosť Slovenian flag Slovenian: budnost
Serbian flag Serbian: oprez Swedish flag Swedish: vaksamhet Thai flag Thai: การเฝ้าระแวดระวัง
Turkish flag Turkish: uyanıklık, tetikte olma Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 警覺,警戒 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: пильність
Urdu flag Urdu: نگراني، چوکسي Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự cảnh giác Chinese flag Chinese: 警惕,警戒

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