warrant 1 of 2

noun

ˈwȯr-ənt How to pronounce warrant (audio)
Definition of warrantnext
as in permission
the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something some employees suspected that the supervisor had no warrant from the CEO for instituting the draconian work rules

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warrant

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verb

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as in to guarantee
to assume responsibility for the satisfactory quality or performance of the computer company unconditionally warrants all of its products for one full year

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as in to approve
to give official acceptance of as satisfactory the state constitution warrants these measures

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3
as in to require
to have as a requirement the situation warrants your immediate attention

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4
as in to insist
to state as a fact usually forcefully we'll all be dead before that happens, I warrant

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5
as in to enable
to give official or legal power to bailiffs are warranted to enforce the subpoena

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Recent Examples of warrant
Noun
The evidence ultimately led investigators to obtain an arrest warrant for Barnett. — Sergio Candido, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026 Detention warrants were issued against 17 suspects and 11 of them were taken into custody, the statement said. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
Verb
As long as stable employment, maximum employment, and 2% inflation, the market does not think that that warrants a crash, then good for the market. — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2026 But with the Heat back at work, including Thursday night’s exhibition against the New Orleans Pelicans at Kaseya Center, Spoelstra said a degree of grace also is warranted. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for warrant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for warrant
  1. permission
  2. guarantee
  3. approve
  4. require
  5. insist
  6. enable
  7. authorization
  8. bond
Noun
  • Hard passes give journalists who regularly cover the White House longer-term access to its campus without having to get permission ahead of time.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The company has requested permission to launch Starship from its Starbase site in South Texas up to 456 times per year.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of permission
Verb
  • Of course, the Nasdaq-100 or a similar tech-heavy index, isn’t guaranteed to deliver 21% returns each year for a decade going forward.
    — Sarah Cannon, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Keep in mind that monitoring services cannot guarantee prevention of identity theft or detect every form of medical fraud.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of guarantee
Verb
  • With production approved, the aircraft can now be sold to domestic and foreign carriers.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Currently, Wegovy, the brand name for semaglutide, is the only weekly GLP-1 medication approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat obesity in children over 12 years old.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of approve
Verb
  • Selective harvesting can help restore kelp forests, Salomon says, but doing so effectively requires sustained effort.
    — Victoria Malloy, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Best Affordable Option Some affordable mattresses require compromise, but contributor Jacorey Moon doesn’t feel that’s the case with Zinus’ Green Tea Memory Foam Mattress.
    — Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of require
Verb
  • While officials insist the demolitions are a non-negotiable step toward revitalizing the corridor along Old National Highway, the families and owners left in the wake of the bulldozers say true recovery remains a distant promise.
    — La'Tasha Givens, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • There is a distinction, of course, between insisting on witnesses and staging a spectacle.
    — Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of insist
Verb
  • That flexibility, whether enabled by SSTs or other controls, could lower costs and speed up grid connections.
    — Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Chain bookselling, which enabled the unification of the reading market, was one of the first heralds of a globalizing age.
    — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of enable
Noun
  • But the patient in the demo product had not signed any authorizations, so there was no way to show me how to revoke them.
    — Alex Rosenblat — CalMatters, STAT, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Some plans are also adding utilization requirements, such as prior authorization.
    — Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of authorization
Verb
  • Electrons can then leak out of the chain, bonding with oxygen in the wrong parts of the mitochondria to form highly reactive free radicals that attack and deform neighboring molecules.
    — Rowan Jacobsen, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Moore said there are no planned team-bonding events to tour Paris or any other area.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
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