warrant1 nounwarrant2 verb
warrantwar‧rant1 /ˈwɒrənt $ ˈwɔː-, ˈwɑː-/ ●○○ noun 
WORD ORIGINwarrant1
Origin:
1100-1200 Old North French warantEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a suspected terrorist.
- You don't have to let the police in unless they have a search warrant.
- A warrant authorised officers of I.C.A.C. to enter and search certain premises.
- A judge has now issued a warrant for his arrest.
- Although he did not sign the king's death warrant, he was present at his execution.
- Her office did refuse the warrant.
- In the following circumstances the police have the power to arrest without a warrant.
- The warrant is over the murder of Nicholas and Elizabeth Newall on or about 10 October, 1987.
- They also issued an arrest warrant for a fourth worker.
Longman Language Activatoran official document that gives permission
an official document that gives you permission to do something, for example permission to work somewhere or visit somewhere: · You can't park here unless you have a permit.work permit (=a permit to work in a particular country): · Many spouses of diplomats are unable to pursue their careers because they lack U.S. work permits.
British /license American an official document that allows you to do something, for example to drive a car or own a gun: · Do you have a licence for that gun?driving licenceBritish /driver's license American: · Rebecca's disability prevented her from getting a driver's license.
a document giving the police permission to take someone in order to ask them questions, or to search inside a building: · A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a suspected terrorist.search warrant: · You don't have to let the police in unless they have a search warrant.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
The magistrate issued a warrant for his arrest. The company issued warrants for 300,000 shares.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES By indulging in casual sex, many teenagers could be signing their own death warrants.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
1[countable] a legal document that is signed by a judge, allowing the police to take a particular actionwarrant for The magistrate issued a warrant for his arrest. The company issued warrants for 300,000 shares. By indulging in casual sex, many teenagers could be signing their own death warrants.· Two suspected murderers have had international arrest warrants issued against them and the Government's intention is to pursue those arrest warrants.
· He was granted a royal warrant in 1873.
NOUN· Police have issued an arrest warrant for Mr de Michelis's former secretary, Barbara Ceolin.· Hall said, but an arrest warrant was issued after Hall failed to appear in court on the charge.· After an investigation, police put out an arrest warrant on Mesa.· Two suspected murderers have had international arrest warrants issued against them and the Government's intention is to pursue those arrest warrants.· The object is to gather enough evidence and sift through all the forensics information needed to write an acceptable arrest warrant.· They also helped uncover a drug manufacturing lab and handled an arrest warrant, according to the State Attorney General's Office.
· Li Shai Tung had been right to sign the boy's death warrant.· Baltimore County prosecutors are expected to request death warrants this month.· I have already signed the death warrant.· Perhaps that was his death warrant.· If he does, he is signing his death warrant.· Now, they often sign their death warrants.· Although he did not sign the king's death warrant, he was present at his execution.· And on returning to Downing Street for talks with the Opposition leaders, he spoke of his death warrant.
· The more senior ranks, such as sergeants, warrant officers, captains and majors, were all in post.· A warrant officer is appointed, not commissioned, and specializes in a particular skill.· The incident follows the death less than two weeks ago of a marine warrant officer taking part in the same exercise.· They contain modest one-to three-room flats for lieutenants, majors and warrant officers and their families.· The chef warrant officer was every bit as odious as Ingrid had been told to expect.· The warrant officer was speechless, but not for long and he thundered at him as he had on me a few minutes before.· Ruben Marx, then a security branch warrant officer.
· It was his third warrant sale scare in six months.· He admits that the final sanction, the warrant sale, provides the only alternative.
· The evidence he had provided in his report had been deemed too conjectural for the issuing of a search warrant.· It declared that the village had a search warrant for her home and would return sometime in the next 30 days.· Prosecutors would need court permission for arrests and search warrants and could no longer overturn rulings they do not like.· Two handguns were recovered during service of the search warrants.· Even a policeman wouldn't dare poke about without a search warrant - and you're not a policeman.· Investigators on Monday sought a search warrant to examine a summer home the Ramseys own in Charlevoix, Mich.· He's probably gone for a search warrant ... Jim Henderson in the Raven says he was watching people at the bar.· Searches of private property for illegal aliens can be made without a search warrant.
VERB· On 2 March 1988 two bailiffs attended to execute the warrant.
· This means that the Tribunal has to ask whether the Minister acted reasonably in exercising his discretion to grant a warrant.· The court held that the Secretary of State had no jurisdiction to grant a warrant and the defendants were guilty of trespass.· He was granted a royal warrant in 1873.
· They issued a warrant for his arrest, and that same night we took off for Colorado.· Police have issued an arrest warrant for Mr de Michelis's former secretary, Barbara Ceolin.· They also issued an arrest warrant for a fourth worker.· A judge has now issued a warrant for his arrest.· A judge in Seoul issued the arrest warrants after union leaders ignored three court orders this week to appear for questioning.· She could not be issued with a warrant for her visit.· What he said is, he refused or declined to issue an arrest warrant.
· On 4 December the plaintiff obtained a warrant of possession which was not executed.
· Who would have thought that, as we enter the 21st century, 7.5 million people would have been served with warrants?· When twelve deputy sheriffs came to serve warrants for arrest of the black ringleaders, they were ambushed in the grocery store.· Federal agents went to serve warrants on David Koresh and his followers about gun violations.
· I have already signed the death warrant.· Now, they often sign their death warrants.· If he does, he is signing his death warrant.· Of 120 members nominated, forty-seven never sat; of the remainder, twenty-seven did not sign the death warrant.
The magistrate issued a warrant for his arrest. → death warrant, search warrant2[countable] an official document giving someone the right to do something, for example buy shares in a company: The company issued warrants for 300,000 shares.3 no warrant for (doing) something formal no good reason for doing something: There is no warrant for copying other people’s work. → unwarrantedwarrant1 nounwarrant2 verb
warrantwarrant2 ●○○ verb [transitive] WORD ORIGINwarrant2
Origin:
1200-1300 Old North French warantir, from warant; ➔ WARRANT1VERB TABLE
warrant
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | warrant |
| he, she, it | warrants | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | warranted |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have warranted |
| he, she, it | has warranted | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had warranted |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will warrant |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have warranted |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am warranting |
| he, she, it | is warranting | |
| you, we, they | are warranting | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was warranting |
| you, we, they | were warranting | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been warranting |
| he, she, it | has been warranting | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been warranting |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be warranting |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been warranting |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Any plan that could reduce costs warrants serious consideration.
- Patients will only be given morphine if their medical condition warrants it.
- The offences he has committed are not serious enough to warrant a full investigation.
- Another area which warrants attention is that of short loan collections in universities.
- On player rankings, they certainly warrant a higher placing.
- So important a man in Henley he had become that his obituary and funeral warranted 118 inches of space in the Standard.
- This truth is revealed in a style totally lacking in rancor or hyperbole, both of which would often be warranted.
- What could Frank have done to Thorpey that warranted Thorpey going to the trouble of knocking Frank off?
Longman Language Activatorto be a good reason why something should be done
to be the fact or situation that makes it seem right or suitable to do something that would usually be wrong or unfair: · There is not enough evidence to justify such accusations.· No matter what the circumstances, street violence cannot be justified.
if you say that something that is wrong or bad makes it right for you to do something wrong or bad, you mean that it makes your action acceptable: · It's wrong to steal and nothing you can say will make it right.make it right (for somebody) to do something: · Just because you know she cheats, that doesn't make it right for you to do the same.
if a situation calls for a particular behaviour or action, it is a good reason to behave or act in that way: · I hear that you two are getting married. This calls for a celebration.· It was a tricky situation that called for a lot of diplomacy.
formal if a situation warrants a particular behaviour or action, the situation is so bad that there is a good reason to behave or act in that way: · Patients will only be given morphine if their medical condition warrants it.· The offences he has committed are not serious enough to warrant a full investigation.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Another area that warrants attention is that of funding for universities.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES By indulging in casual sex, many teenagers could be signing their own death warrants.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
1to need or deserve: Another area that warrants attention is that of funding for universities. By indulging in casual sex, many teenagers could be signing their own death warrants.· Another area which warrants attention is that of short loan collections in universities.· The marketers' response to proletarianization also suggests that the political potential of poor women traders warrants greater attention.· The card signifies our regard for you as an important customer who warrants priority attention at our service station.· He has been known to refuse autographs by pleading that he's nothing special and really doesn't warrant such attention.· It was not a casual departure which warranted little attention.
· In practice, of course, we would not do so unless we thought the commercial circumstances warranted it.· Changes which may not manifest even for millennia, until circumstances warrant it?
· Both of these changes are of sufficient importance to warrant individual consideration.· Now, that direct quotation warrants some careful consideration.· Since these.are within my brief in this book, the issue warrants consideration here.· See, for example, Fig. 5.3 Manuals which may contain maps, schematic diagrams and other materials warrant separate consideration.
· Differences here clearly warrant further investigation, and when revealed to the participating teams provoked considerable discussion.· The use of groups in the management of self-poisoning patients warrants further investigation.· It was enough to warrant an investigation of related compounds and a closer exploration of how they worked.
· Investigators executed five search warrants Thursday morning before the arrests.· After the material was delivered, law enforcement agents obtained search warrants and arrested the customers.· Last June a judge dismissed the fine, declaring that the village must obtain search warrants before conducting the inspections.
· This would be a system of adhoc law which would suggest that each novel situation warrants the creation of a new rule.· Neither Lees nor Pichette makes him quite as coarse, paranoid or cunning as the situation would seem to warrant though.· Contact the coastguard immediately if the situation warrants it.
This tiny crowd does not warrant such a large police presence.warrant attention/consideration etc Another area that warrants attention is that of funding for universities.2to promise that something is truewarrant that The Author hereby warrants that the Publisher is the owner of the copyright.3I’ll warrant (you) old-fashioned used to tell someone that you are sure about somethingwarrant (that) I’ll warrant we won’t see him again.