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# guarantee

«guarantee» in Mova's school dictionary: **a promise that something will happen or will work** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) A guarantee is a promise that something will happen or will work. To guarantee means to promise it surely. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guarantee/#m2)

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

### In the corpora

- ["Flexible hours" often means irregular hours with no guaranteed pay.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/21-work-firing-and-the-economy/22/)
- [No share is guaranteed to go up; even big famous companies can fall.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/38-crypto-and-the-stock-market-simply/15/)
- ["Double your money, guaranteed" and "free skins, just log in with your password" are well-known scams.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/42-olympiad-saving-plans-and-offers-too-good-to-be-true/13/)
- [Ollie is unlucky, not cheated, unless the game promised a guarantee.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/172-loot-boxes-streaks-and-the-sunk-cost/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «guarantee» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guarantee/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.