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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alarm/#m1)

2) A clock or phone sound that wakes you up at a set time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alarm/#m2)

3) A sudden feeling of fear or worry: «She cried out in alarm». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alarm/#m3)

4) Verb: to make someone worried or frightened. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alarm/#m4)

5) Alarming means causing fear or worry, or being shocking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alarm/#m5)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alarm/#x1)
- Our smoke alarm beeps when the battery is low. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alarm/#x2)
- My alarm goes off at seven. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alarm/#x3)
- It was a false alarm — just burnt toast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alarm/#x4)
- Never set off a fire alarm as a joke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alarm/#x5)
- She raised the alarm when she saw smoke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alarm/#x6)
- The car alarm went off in the night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alarm/#x7)
- Don't be alarmed — it's only a drill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alarm/#x8)
- The other Danish and Swedish stories are not alarming. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alarm/#x9)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat/6/)
- [A smoke alarm senses tiny smoke particles; test it by pressing its button, never with a flame.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/12-fire-what-it-needs/10/)
- [A loud, repeating smoke alarm means there may be a fire: get out and stay out.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/12-sounds-that-warn/10/)
- [A single short chirp every minute or so from a smoke alarm usually means its battery is low.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/12-sounds-that-warn/11/)
- [A smoke alarm that does not work cannot wake you, and most deadly home fires happen at night while people sleep.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/12-sounds-that-warn/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «alarm» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alarm/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.