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{
"term": "guarantee",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "guarantee",
"heSheIt": "guarantees"
},
"pastSimple": "guaranteed",
"pastParticiple": "guaranteed",
"ingForm": "guaranteeing"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to promise to do something; to promise something will happen",
"sensetop": "guarantee somethingguarantee (that)…guarantee somebody somethingguarantee to do something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Basic human rights, including freedom of speech, are now guaranteed.",
"contextForm": "guarantee something"
},
{
"text": "They told aid workers to leave, saying they could not guarantee their safety."
},
{
"text": "I personally guarantee total and immediate support in all measures undertaken."
},
{
"text": "We cannot guarantee (that) our flights will never be delayed.",
"contextForm": "guarantee (that)…"
},
{
"text": "The ticket will guarantee you free entry.",
"contextForm": "guarantee somebody something"
},
{
"text": "We guarantee to deliver your goods within a week.",
"contextForm": "guarantee to do something"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["absolutely", "personally", "constitutionally"],
"verb + guarantee": ["be able to", "can"],
"phrases": ["be fully guaranteed"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to give a written promise to replace or repair a product free if it goes wrong",
"sensetop": "guarantee something against something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "All our electrical goods are fully guaranteed."
},
{
"text": "This iron is guaranteed for a year against faulty workmanship.",
"contextForm": "guarantee something against something"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to make something certain to happen",
"sensetop": "guarantee somethingguarantee somebody something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Tonight's victory guarantees the team's place in the final.",
"contextForm": "guarantee something"
},
{
"text": "These days getting a degree doesn't guarantee you a job.",
"contextForm": "guarantee somebody something"
},
{
"text": "The process of training and qualification does not automatically guarantee you a job."
},
{
"text": "A degree does not automatically guarantee you a job."
},
{
"text": "The complicated electoral system effectively guarantees the president's re-election."
}
],
"topics": ["Doubt, guessing and certainty"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["absolutely", "almost", "practically"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to be certain that something will happen",
"sensetop": "guarantee (that)…",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "You can guarantee (that) the children will start being naughty as soon as they have to go to bed."
},
{
"text": "The outcome is by no means guaranteed."
},
{
"text": "I can absolutely guarantee that you will enjoy the show."
}
],
"topics": ["Doubt, guessing and certainty"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "to agree to be legally responsible for something or for doing something, especially for paying back money that somebody else owes if they cannot pay it back themselves",
"sensetop": "guarantee somethingguarantee to do somethingguarantee that…",
"examples": [
{
"text": "to guarantee a bank loan",
"contextForm": "guarantee something"
},
{
"text": "to guarantee to pay somebody’s debts",
"contextForm": "guarantee to do something"
},
{
"text": "I guarantee that he will appear in court.",
"contextForm": "guarantee that…"
},
{
"text": "His father agreed to guarantee the bank loan."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to be certain to have a particular result",
"examples": [
{
"text": "If we try to keep it a secret, she's guaranteed to find out."
},
{
"text": "That kind of behaviour is guaranteed to make him angry."
},
{
"text": "The film is virtually guaranteed to do well at the box office."
}
],
"topics": ["Change, cause and effect", "Doubt, guessing and certainty"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌɡærənˈtiː/",
"audio": "gu/guarantee/guarantee__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌɡærənˈtiːz/",
"audio": "gu/guarantee/guarantees__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌɡærənˈtiːd/",
"audio": "gu/guarantee/guaranteed__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌɡærənˈtiːɪŋ/",
"audio": "gu/guarantee/guaranteeing__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌɡærənˈtiː/",
"audio": "gu/guarantee/guarantee__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌɡærənˈtiːz/",
"audio": "gu/guarantee/guarantees__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌɡærənˈtiːd/",
"audio": "gu/guarantee/guaranteed__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌɡærənˈtiːɪŋ/",
"audio": "gu/guarantee/guaranteeing__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}