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guarantee n. 1 guaranty, warranty, assurance, pledge, bond, obligation,
promise; word (of honour), oath, undertaking: The guarantee
expires one month from the sell-by date. Have I your guarantee
that this battery will last a year?
--v. 2 guaranty, warranty, assure, ensure, pledge, promise,
undertake, stand behind, vouch for, certify, make sure or
certain, swear to, attest to: The manufacturer guarantees every
car for three years or 50,000 miles.
guard v. 1 protect, shield, safeguard, (keep or stand) watch (over),
defend, convoy, escort, police, look after, tend, mind: Only
three men will be guarding the bullion when we make our move. 2
control, mind: Guard your tongue - the walls have ears.
--n. 3 sentinel, watchman, sentry, security guard, custodian,
guardian, protector, picket, watch, bodyguard; evzone,
bashibazouk; Brit warder, wardress , Slang screw, Brit minder:
The guards go to eat at noon. 4 protection, convoy, escort,
patrol: A guard of six men will accompany the van along this
route. 5 defence, protection, safety, safeguard, security,
shield: This bandage will serve as a guard against infection.
guarded adj. careful, cautious, heedful, prudent, circumspect, wary,
noncommittal, restrained, mindful, suspicious, leery or Brit
also leary, apprehensive; loath or loth, reticent, reluctant,
Colloq cagey: He became very guarded under close questioning.
When I asked where she had been, she gave a guarded answer.
guardian n. protector, defender, paladin, champion; trustee, custodian,
keeper, preserver: She fancies him her guardian, her knight in
shining armour. Do we really need guardians of the 'purity' of
the language?
guerrilla n. guerilla, partisan or partizan, resistance or freedom or
underground fighter, irregular; insurgent, saboteur, terrorist;
US history Jayhawker, French history Maquis: The guerrillas
continue to attack the government's supply convoys.
guess v. 1 conjecture, estimate, hypothesize, speculate, postulate,
Slang guestimate or guesstimate: We guessed that he might try
to come in through the window. 2 think, suppose, conclude,