Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: vigilance
IPA transcription: [v'ɪdʒələns]
Pronunciations of vigilance
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: watchfulness, wakefulness, vigilance, alertness
    Meaning: the process of paying close and continuous attention; "wakefulness, watchfulness, and bellicosity make a good hunter"; "vigilance is especially susceptible to fatigue"
Usage examples
  • Only the strictest vigilance saved us.
  • "It's well that we're showing vigilance," said Colonel Winchester to Dick.
  • He was a vigilance committee in himself through sheer force of personality.
  • And was brought abruptly to full alertness, vigilance, by the flame of rage that filled the eyes thrust so close.
  • The constant state of vigilance and suspicion in which my mind was retained, worked a very rapid change in my character.
  • These they expected, but all were overcome, and they reached the Vigilance Committee, in Philadelphia safely, and were cordially welcomed.
  • They took possession of the stone fort which the French had abandoned, and where, with reasonable vigilance, they could maintain themselves against attack.
  • Though the miners were of the same class as the 'argonauts' of California, they never broke into the lawlessness that compelled vigilance committees in San Francisco.
  • Their first step was to strengthen the naval force on the American coast and by additional vigilance to put some sort of check on the wholesale smuggling which prevailed.
  • Line upon line, and precept upon precept, the tender parent expects from the teacher to whom he confides his child; vigilance unwearied, day and night, through long years.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording History of Lebanon, License CC BY-SA 4.0