On a clock, the alarm can be set to go off at a certain time to wake nearby sleepers. You should always check the alarm on the clock at a hotel because a previous guest may have it set to go off in the middle of the night.
To call to arms for defense; to give notice to (any one) of approaching danger; to rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert.
Noun
a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event
Noun
a clock that wakes sleeper at preset time
Noun
an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
Noun
fear resulting from the awareness of danger
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"
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"
n.
A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
n.
Any sound or information intended to give notice of
approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of
danger.
n.
A sudden attack; disturbance; broil.
n.
Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension
of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being
attacked by surprise.
n.
A mechanical contrivance for awaking persons from sleep, or
rousing their attention; an alarum.
v. t.
To call to arms for defense; to give notice to (any one)
of approaching danger; to rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the
alert.
v. t.
To keep in excitement; to disturb.
v. t.
To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with
anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.
Alarm
Alarmed by rumors of military preparation.
To call to arms for defense; to give notice to (any one) of approaching danger; to rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert.
Usage Examples
As a child, I had to get up early for school or work. I'd get ready by myself. I'd set my alarm to wake me up very early in the morning, and be off to work, the family driver driving me every morning. I did it alone, my parents never coming in to wake me up.
The alarm rings 4:45, again at 5, but I wake up 4:30 naturally. Shower, shave, orange juice, perk my own coffee, hear the news, and the CBS car arrives 5:30.
Morning comes whether you set the alarm or not.
Your body tells you what it needs, and if you sleep past your alarm on a Saturday morning, it's probably because you need the sleep.
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Other Usage ExamplesThanks to the greatest invention of recent years, the MP3-playing alarm clock, I can now choose the song that wakes me up in the morning.
Nevertheless, there is another threat on the horizon. I see this threat in environmentalism which is becoming a new dominant ideology, if not a religion. Its main weapon is raising the alarm and predicting the human life endangering climate change based on man-made global warming.
Ants are so much like human beings as to be an embarrassment. They farm fungi, raise aphids as livestock, launch armies into war, use chemical sprays to alarm and confuse enemies, capture slaves, engage in child labour, exchange information ceaselessly. They do everything but watch television.
Work is a necessity for man. Man invented the alarm clock.
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