Vigilance
noun
The action or state of keeping careful watch for possible danger or difficulties.
Safety requires constant vigilance on the part of drivers.
Often appears as...
- constant vigilance
- increased vigilance
noun
Alert and intent mental watchfulness in guarding against danger.
Vigilance tasks in psychological research often require participants to respond to specific stimuli.
Often appears as...
- vigilance tasks
- vigilance decrement
noun
The action or state of keeping continual watch and attention to detect or avoid potential threats or dangers.
The security officer's vigilance helped to avert a potential disaster.
Often appears as...
- security vigilance
- 24/7 vigilance
noun
The action or state of keeping careful watch for possible danger or difficulties.
Safety requires constant vigilance on the part of drivers.
Often appears as...
- constant vigilance
- increased vigilance
noun
Alert and intent mental watchfulness in guarding against danger.
Vigilance tasks in psychological research often require participants to respond to specific stimuli.
Often appears as...
- vigilance tasks
- vigilance decrement
noun
The action or state of keeping continual watch and attention to detect or avoid potential threats or dangers.
The security officer's vigilance helped to avert a potential disaster.
Often appears as...
- security vigilance
- 24/7 vigilance
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Alert and Aware
Vigilance involves being alert and aware, especially to prevent accidents or harm.
Her vigilance prevented the toddler from wandering off.
Pro Tip 2/3Continuous Checking
Being vigilant means regularly checking for risks, not just once.
His vigilance in monitoring the boat's path ensured safe sailing.
Pro Tip 3/3Proactive Stance
Vigilance conveys a proactive approach to anticipating problems before they occur.
Vigilance against cyber threats keeps our data safe.
Pro Tip 1/3Alert and Aware
Vigilance involves being alert and aware, especially to prevent accidents or harm.
Her vigilance prevented the toddler from wandering off.
Pro Tip 2/3Continuous Checking
Being vigilant means regularly checking for risks, not just once.
His vigilance in monitoring the boat's path ensured safe sailing.
Pro Tip 3/3Proactive Stance
Vigilance conveys a proactive approach to anticipating problems before they occur.
Vigilance against cyber threats keeps our data safe.
Pro Tip 1/3Alert and Aware
Vigilance involves being alert and aware, especially to prevent accidents or harm.
Her vigilance prevented the toddler from wandering off.
Pro Tip 2/3Continuous Checking
Being vigilant means regularly checking for risks, not just once.
His vigilance in monitoring the boat's path ensured safe sailing.
Pro Tip 3/3Proactive Stance
Vigilance conveys a proactive approach to anticipating problems before they occur.
Vigilance against cyber threats keeps our data safe.
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Can you be awake and...
Participants also woke up and responded to infrequent sounds faster during the first night than when experiencing deep sleep in both hemispheres during nights following. This suggests that, like other animals, humans use asymmetrical sleep for vigilance,
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which was so tragically lost. And in the investigations that followed those disasters, poor judgment as a result of extended shift work and loss of vigilance and tiredness was attributed to a big chunk of those disasters.
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come out of babies diapers I've seen it come out of grandma's brawl they do it and I fetch it try to visitation requires constant vigilance a watchful eye for rule breakers and today that effort has paid off what seemed
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How Fear and Anxiety...
the distance not as scary but still something to be worried about evolutionarily think about the hyper vigilance that goes along with anxiety as a very adaptive trait because a long time ago the world was
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The psychological traits...
scientific discovery. Think of things like space travel or cures for diseases or art that imagines and reimagines a better world. And those conservative inclinations towards vigilance and security
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Mesmerising Owl Moments...
startles me in daylight they resemble apparitions the closest thing to ghosts in the bird world flying with a supernatural vigilance
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Slow-Mo Barn Owl in...
startles me in daylight they resemble apparitions the closest thing to ghosts in the bird world flying with a supernatural vigilance
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A Collection Of Autumn...
in daylight they resemble apparitions the closest thing to ghosts in the bird world flying with a supernatural vigilance
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Graceful Barn Owl...
apparitions the closest thing to ghosts in the bird world flying with a supernatural vigilance
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Monkeys Sound Alarm To...
escaped the languorous vigilance saved the cheetah and the tiger goes hungry
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Can you be awake and...
Participants also woke up and responded to infrequent sounds faster during the first night than when experiencing deep sleep in both hemispheres during nights following. This suggests that, like other animals, humans use asymmetrical sleep for vigilance,
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Why do we sleep? PIPE...
which was so tragically lost. And in the investigations that followed those disasters, poor judgment as a result of extended shift work and loss of vigilance and tiredness was attributed to a big chunk of those disasters.
Video examples
Defecation Watch PIPE...
come out of babies diapers I've seen it come out of grandma's brawl they do it and I fetch it try to visitation requires constant vigilance a watchful eye for rule breakers and today that effort has paid off what seemed
Video examples
How Fear and Anxiety...
the distance not as scary but still something to be worried about evolutionarily think about the hyper vigilance that goes along with anxiety as a very adaptive trait because a long time ago the world was
Video examples
The psychological traits...
scientific discovery. Think of things like space travel or cures for diseases or art that imagines and reimagines a better world. And those conservative inclinations towards vigilance and security
Video examples
Mesmerising Owl Moments...
startles me in daylight they resemble apparitions the closest thing to ghosts in the bird world flying with a supernatural vigilance
Video examples
Slow-Mo Barn Owl in...
startles me in daylight they resemble apparitions the closest thing to ghosts in the bird world flying with a supernatural vigilance
Video examples
A Collection Of Autumn...
in daylight they resemble apparitions the closest thing to ghosts in the bird world flying with a supernatural vigilance
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Graceful Barn Owl...
apparitions the closest thing to ghosts in the bird world flying with a supernatural vigilance
Video examples
Monkeys Sound Alarm To...
escaped the languorous vigilance saved the cheetah and the tiger goes hungry
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Haile Selassie
Ethiopian Statesman
The preservation of peace and the guaranteeing of man's basic freedoms and rights require courage and eternal vigilance: courage to speak and act - and if necessary, to suffer and die - for truth and justice; eternal vigilance, that the least transgression of international morality shall not go undetected and unremedied.
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Caroline Knapp
American Writer
Tiny slices, no frosting, forty-five minutes on the StairMaster: These are the conditions, variations on a theme of vigilance and self-restraint that I've watched women dance to all my life, that I've danced to myself instinctively and still have to work to resist.
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Jimmy Reid
Scottish Activist
The task of the media in a democracy is not to ease the path of those who govern, but to make life difficult for them by constant vigilance as to how they exercise the power they only hold in trust from the people.
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Leonard Boswell
American Politician
Our nation's military and law enforcement personal work hard to protect us. We must thank them for their continued vigilance. Without their sacrifice we would less capable of protecting our nation.
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Barry O'Farrell
Australian Politician
No government, no organisation, no citizen can afford to be less than vigilant in combating bigotry, intolerance and hatred. And frankly, our way of life depends on that vigilance.
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Jeh Johnson
American Public Servant
It is almost always the case that when someone self-radicalizes, someone close to them sees the sign, which is why we continue to encourage public awareness, public vigilance.
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Norman Finkelstein
American Educator
People have to liberate themselves, because liberation is not a single act. It's a question of eternal vigilance. Otherwise, you'll just become enslaved by someone else.
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Tom Frieden
American Public Servant
Our progress against malaria is impressive. But vigilance remains a critical ingredient to protect the health of all people.
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Juan Gabriel
Mexican Musician
American music has infiltrated the entire world enough as it is. Mexican music must be defended with vigilance.
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Georg C. Lichtenberg
German Scientist
Doubt must be no more than vigilance, otherwise it can become dangerous.
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Haile Selassie
Ethiopian Statesman
The preservation of peace and the guaranteeing of man's basic freedoms and rights require courage and eternal vigilance: courage to speak and act - and if necessary, to suffer and die - for truth and justice; eternal vigilance, that the least transgression of international morality shall not go undetected and unremedied.
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Caroline Knapp
American Writer
Tiny slices, no frosting, forty-five minutes on the StairMaster: These are the conditions, variations on a theme of vigilance and self-restraint that I've watched women dance to all my life, that I've danced to myself instinctively and still have to work to resist.
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Jimmy Reid
Scottish Activist
The task of the media in a democracy is not to ease the path of those who govern, but to make life difficult for them by constant vigilance as to how they exercise the power they only hold in trust from the people.
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Leonard Boswell
American Politician
Our nation's military and law enforcement personal work hard to protect us. We must thank them for their continued vigilance. Without their sacrifice we would less capable of protecting our nation.
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Barry O'Farrell
Australian Politician
No government, no organisation, no citizen can afford to be less than vigilant in combating bigotry, intolerance and hatred. And frankly, our way of life depends on that vigilance.
Quote examples
Jeh Johnson
American Public Servant
It is almost always the case that when someone self-radicalizes, someone close to them sees the sign, which is why we continue to encourage public awareness, public vigilance.
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Norman Finkelstein
American Educator
People have to liberate themselves, because liberation is not a single act. It's a question of eternal vigilance. Otherwise, you'll just become enslaved by someone else.
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Tom Frieden
American Public Servant
Our progress against malaria is impressive. But vigilance remains a critical ingredient to protect the health of all people.
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Juan Gabriel
Mexican Musician
American music has infiltrated the entire world enough as it is. Mexican music must be defended with vigilance.
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Georg C. Lichtenberg
German Scientist
Doubt must be no more than vigilance, otherwise it can become dangerous.
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