guaranteeing

6 definitions • 5 examples

present participle of

If a product is guaranteed, the company that made it promises to repair or change it if a fault develops within a particular period of time:

be guaranteed for The fridge is guaranteed for three years.

to promise that something will happen or exist:

[ + two objects ] European Airlines guarantees its customers top-quality service.

guaranteed free of/from The label on this bread says it is guaranteed free of/from preservatives (= it contains no preservatives).

If you guarantee someone's debt, you formally promise to accept the responsibility for that debt if the person fails to pay it.

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.

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.