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Definition of warrant verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

warrant

 verb
verb
NAmE//ˈwɔrənt//
 
, NAmE//ˈwɑrənt//
 
(formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they warrant
 
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 he / she / it warrants
 
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 past simple warranted
 
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 -ing form warranting
 
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  • to make something necessary or appropriate in a particular situation synonym justify warrant something Further investigation is clearly warranted. warrant (somebody/something) doing something The situation scarcely warrants their/them being dismissed. see unwarranted
    • Idioms
    I/I'll warrant (you) (old-fashioned)
     
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    used to tell someone that you are sure of something and that they can be sure of it too
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