Vigilant Meaning
/ˈvɪd͡ʒɪlənt/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjWatchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
adjIn vigilance.
Sentence Examples
You can't be too vigilant.
You have to be vigilant.
One has to be vigilant in these troubled times.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ watchman spotted an intruder outside and quickly called the police.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The security guards remained ____ throughout the night, checking all the entrances to the building several many times today.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"von der LUTKE / Argent, a crane vigilant proper. AG. Carl von der Lutke. Arr. 1857 with the British German Crimea legion. Obtained a grant of land in the Eastern Province of the Cape Colony."
— 1972, C. Pama, Heraldry of South African Families: Coats of Arms/ Crests/ Ancestry:
"[...] and sharing the same heraldry : argent, a crane, vigilant, or,[…]"
— 1997, Saint Thomas More, More to Cranevelt, Leuven University Press, →ISBN, page 23:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ watchman spotted an intruder outside and quickly called the police.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The security guards remained ____ throughout the night, checking all the entrances to the building several many times today.