warrant

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈwɒrənt/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈwɔrənt/

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• Hyphenation: war‧rant

Noun

Singular warrant

Plural warrants

1. (countable) A warrant is a certificate that allows someone to do something, as stated in the warrant itself.

   The police had the warrant to search his house for evidence.

Related words

• warranty

Verb

Plain form warrant

Third-person singular warrants

Past tense warranted

Past participle warranted

Present participle warranting

1. (transitive) If you 'warrant something, you guarantee it to be of a specified quality or value.
2. (transitive) If you 'warrant an action, you justify it.