{
    "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
}