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guarantee
verb [T] (MAKE CERTAIN) /ˌɡær.ənˈtiː/Definition
› If something guarantees something else, it makes certain that it will happen: [+ (that)] The £50 deposit guarantees (that) people return the boats after their hour has finished.CertaintyConfidence and self-assurance › If something is guaranteed to happen or have a particular result, it is certain that it will happen or have that result: [+ to infinitive] Just looking at a picture of the sea is guaranteed to make me feel sick.CertaintyConfidence and self-assurance
(Definition of guarantee verb (MAKE CERTAIN) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- (as) clear as day idiom
- (as) sure as eggs is eggs idiom
- and that's flat! idiom
- assured adjective (CERTAIN)
- assuredly adverb (CERTAINLY)
- conclusive adjective
- conclusively adverb
- concrete adjective
- consider it done idiom
- cut and dried adjective
- inviolable adjective
- ironclad adjective
- irrefutable adjective
- make no mistake about it idiom
- natch adverb
- solidity noun (CERTAIN)
- squarely adverb (DIRECTLY)
- unreserved adjective
- watertight adjective (NO DOUBTS)
- you can bet your life idiom
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