GUARANTEE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does guarantee mean? 

• GUARANTEE (noun)
  The noun GUARANTEE has 3 senses:

1. a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications

2. an unconditional commitment that something will happen or that something is true

3. a collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in case that person defaults

  Familiarity information: GUARANTEE used as a noun is uncommon.

• GUARANTEE (verb)
  The verb GUARANTEE has 4 senses:

1. give surety or assume responsibility

2. make certain of

3. promise to do or accomplish

4. stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of

  Familiarity information: GUARANTEE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GUARANTEE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

guarantee; warrant; warrantee; warranty

Hypernyms ("guarantee" is a kind of...):

assurance; pledge (a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "guarantee"):

security; surety (a guarantee that an obligation will be met)

deposit (a payment given as a guarantee that an obligation will be met)

stock warrant (a written certificate that gives the holder the right to purchase shares of a stock for a specified price within a specified period of time)

Derivation:

guarantee (give surety or assume responsibility)

guarantee (stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An unconditional commitment that something will happen or that something is true

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

there is no guarantee that they are not lying

Hypernyms ("guarantee" is a kind of...):

assurance; pledge (a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "guarantee"):

safety net (a guarantee of professional or financial security)

full faith and credit (a guarantee to pay interest and principal on debt; usually issued by the United States Treasury)

Derivation:

guarantee (promise to do or accomplish)

guarantee (give surety or assume responsibility)

guarantee (make certain of)

guarantee (stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in case that person defaults

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

guarantee; guaranty

Hypernyms ("guarantee" is a kind of...):

collateral (a security pledged for the repayment of a loan)

• GUARANTEE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they guarantee    ... he / she / it guarantees   
Past simple: guaranteed   
Past participle: guaranteed   
-ing form: guaranteeing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give surety or assume responsibility

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

guarantee; vouch

Context example:

I vouch for the quality of my products

Hypernyms (to "guarantee" is one way to...):

pledge; plight (promise solemnly and formally)

Verb group:

assure; ensure; guarantee; insure; secure (make certain of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "guarantee"):

bail (secure the release of (someone) by providing security)

stipulate (give a guarantee or promise of)

secure (assure payment of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

guarantee (a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications)

guarantee (an unconditional commitment that something will happen or that something is true)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make certain of

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

assure; ensure; guarantee; insure; secure

Context example:

Preparation will guarantee success!

Verb group:

guarantee; vouch (give surety or assume responsibility)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "guarantee"):

doom (make certain of the failure or destruction of)

make (assure the success of)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

guarantee (an unconditional commitment that something will happen or that something is true)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Promise to do or accomplish

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

guarantee; undertake

Context example:

guarantee to free the prisoners

Hypernyms (to "guarantee" is one way to...):

assure; promise (make a promise or commitment)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "guarantee"):

subvent; subvention; underwrite (guarantee financial support of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE

Sentence examples:

They guarantee the money to them
They guarantee them the money

Derivation:

guarantee (an unconditional commitment that something will happen or that something is true)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

guarantee; warrant

Context example:

I warrant this information

Hypernyms (to "guarantee" is one way to...):

back; endorse; indorse; plump for; plunk for; support (be behind; approve of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "guarantee"):

cover; insure; underwrite (protect by insurance)

certify; endorse; indorse (guarantee as meeting a certain standard)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

guarantee (a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications)

guarantee (an unconditional commitment that something will happen or that something is true)

guarantor (one who provides a warrant or guarantee to another)

 Context examples 

“Until which time,” added Sir Lothian Hume, “a stout door and a good lock will be the best guarantee that Lord Avon will be there when called for.”

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In guarantee whereof, I attached myself to my seat by my hands.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

The new work builds on a study of mice engineered to carry a gene associated with an increased risk — but not a guarantee — of Alzheimer's disease in humans.

(Predicting Alzheimer's-like memory loss before it strikes, National Science Foundation)

Although there are no guarantees of safety during a chemical emergency, you can take actions to protect yourself.

(Chemical Emergencies, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Although there are no guarantees of safety during an earthquake, you can take actions to protect yourself.

(Earthquakes, Federal Emergency Management Agency)

Assignment of NSC numbers was never done in a way that would guarantee one and only one NSC number would be assigned to a particular substance.

(NSC Number, NCI Thesaurus)

Although there are no guarantees of safety during a hurricane, you can take actions to protect yourself.

(Hurricanes, Federal Emergency Management Agency)

Although there are no guarantees of safety during a fire, you can take actions to protect yourself.

(Fires, Federal Emergency Management Agency)

There are no guarantees, but you would have the best possible cosmic help to feel better.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Hard to get the opinion of operators and manufactures, they do not want to give their point of view and refer to their websites, where internal studies are published, so no objectivity guaranteed.

(Health threats caused by mobile phone radiation, EUROPARL TV)