Guarantee ˌɡærənˈtiː Guaranteed I Promise Happen Job Verb

• basic human rights, including freedom of speech, are now guaranteed.
• they told aid workers to leave, saying they could not guarantee their safety.
• i personally guarantee total and immediate support in all measures undertaken.
• we cannot guarantee (that) our flights will never be delayed.

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Verb Forms

1. to promise to do something; to promise something will happen
• Basic human rights, including freedom of speech, are now guaranteed.
• They told aid workers to leave, saying they could not guarantee their safety.
• I personally guarantee total and immediate support in all measures undertaken.
• We cannot guarantee (that) our flights will never be delayed.
• The ticket will guarantee you free entry.
• We guarantee to deliver your goods within a week.
2. to give a written promise to replace or repair a product free if it goes wrong
• All our electrical goods are fully guaranteed.
• This iron is guaranteed for a year against faulty workmanship.
3. to make something certain to happen
• Tonight's victory guarantees the team's place in the final.
• These days getting a degree doesn't guarantee you a job.

Extra Examples

• The process of training and qualification does not automatically guarantee you a job.
• A degree does not automatically guarantee you a job.
• The complicated electoral system effectively guarantees the president's re-election.
4. to be certain that something will happen
• You can guarantee (that) the children will start being naughty as soon as they have to go to bed.

Extra Examples

• The outcome is by no means guaranteed.
• I can absolutely guarantee that you will enjoy the show.
5. 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
• to guarantee a bank loan
• to guarantee to pay somebody’s debts
• I guarantee that he will appear in court.
• His father agreed to guarantee the bank loan.
6. to be certain to have a particular result
• If we try to keep it a secret, she's guaranteed to find out.
• That kind of behaviour is guaranteed to make him angry.
• The film is virtually guaranteed to do well at the box office.