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# guarantee

noun (guarantee, guarantees); verb (guarantee, guarantees, guaranteed, guaranteeing)

«guarantee» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A guarantee is a promise that something will happen or will work. To guarantee means to promise it surely. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guarantee/#m1)
2. A guarantee is also a shop's written promise to fix or replace something if it breaks within a certain time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guarantee/#m2)

### In the lessons

In maths: a promise, often «to guarantee» a result: how many you must take to be sure of getting one of a kind; think of the worst luck first, then add one. In everyday life: a toy with a 2-year guarantee; nothing can guarantee good weather. Phrases: guarantee that, money-back guarantee, guaranteed to, under guarantee, there is no guarantee.

### Examples

- How many socks must you take to guarantee a matching pair? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guarantee/#x1)
- The shop guarantees the toy for 2 years. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guarantee/#x2)
- How many marbles must she pick to guarantee 2 red ones? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guarantee/#x3)
- The farmer is guaranteed $3 a box. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guarantee/#x4)
- The watch has a one-year guarantee. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guarantee/#x5)
- There is no guarantee that it will be sunny tomorrow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guarantee/#x6)
- Practice does not guarantee a win, but it helps. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guarantee/#x7)
- The bike was still under guarantee, so they fixed it for free. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guarantee/#x8)
- Preparedness for war is the best guarantee of peace. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guarantee/#x9)

### Note

Spelt with «gua» and «-ee»: guar-an-TEE; the u is silent. In «how many to guarantee» problems, think of the worst luck first, then add one. Trap: the answer is not the number of the wanted kind. Trap: with 2 colours of socks, 3 socks guarantee a pair.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «guarantee» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guarantee/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«guarantee» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/guarantee.html) on Mova free.