1. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE, usually ADJECTIVE to-infinitive]
If you say that something is guaranteed to happen, you mean that you are certain that it will happen.
Reports of this kind are guaranteed to cause anxiety.
It's guaranteed that my colleagues think I'm deranged.
Success is not guaranteed.
Synonyms: sure, certain, bound More Synonyms of guaranteed
2. See also guarantee
guaranteed in British English
(ˌɡærənˈtiːd)
adjective
1.
bound to happen; certain
At this point in the game it looks like a guaranteed victory
Their new product is a guaranteed success.
Morocco offers excitement and guaranteed sunshine.
2.
mandated by law or contract
a guaranteed income of £3.6 million
They want a guaranteed minimum wage.
The savings scheme offers a guaranteed income of 8 per cent over four years.
The farmers demand guaranteed minimum prices for their produce.
parts of guaranteed quality
Examples of 'guaranteed' in a sentence
guaranteed
It's guaranteed to put my name on every front page back home.
MacNeill, Alastair THE DEVIL'S DOOR (2002)
The process was continuous and evolutionary; nothing in Moira's domain was guaranteed permanence.
Skelton, Alison Scott AN OLDER WOMAN (2002)
He said there was a big man who'd guaranteed his personal safety.
Robert Wilson BLOOD IS DIRT (2002)
In other languages
guaranteed
British English: guaranteed ADJECTIVE
If you say that something is guaranteed to happen, you mean that you are certain that it will happen.
Reports of this kind are guaranteed to cause anxiety.
American English: guaranteed
Brazilian Portuguese: garantido
Chinese: 保证的
European Spanish: garantizado
French: garanti
German: garantiert
Italian: garantito
Japanese: 保証された
Korean: 확실한
European Portuguese: garantido
Latin American Spanish: garantizado
All related terms of 'guaranteed'
guarantee
If one thing guarantees another, the first is certain to cause the second thing to happen .
guaranteed bond
a bond issued by a corporation in which payment of the principal , interest, or both is guaranteed by another corporation
guaranteed income
A person's or organization's income is the money that they earn or receive, as opposed to the money that they have to spend or pay out.
guaranteed annual income
compensation provided by the government to any family or individual whose annual income falls below a specified level
guaranteed annual wage
a provision in a contract with an employer guaranteeing the employee a minimum income or work over a period of one year
GAP insurance
GAP insurance pays the difference between what someone owes on their car loan and the actual cash value of the vehicle in the event that it is stolen or damaged.