英语词汇“warrant”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

warrantwarrant1 /ˈwɔrənt, ˈwɑ-/ ●○○ noun

ETYMOLOGYwarrant¹

Origin: 1100-1200 Old North French warant

COLLOCATIONS► issued ... warrant

The court issued a warrant for his arrest.

► search/arrest warrant

The police have got a search warrant signed by a district judge.

1[countable] law a legal document signed by a judge, giving the police permission to take a particular action, for example to arrest someone or to search a building: warrant for The court issued a warrant for his arrest.search/arrest warrant The police have got a search warrant signed by a district judge. → see also death warrant, search warrant2[uncountable] formal good enough reason for doing something SYN justification → see also unwarranted

noun | verb

warrantwarrant2 ●○○ verb

ETYMOLOGYwarrant²

Origin: 1200-1300 Old North French warantir, from warant; ➔ WARRANT¹

VERB 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

1[transitive] to be a good enough reason for something: Any plan that could reduce costs warrants serious consideration.2[intransitive, transitive] old-fashioned used to say that you are sure about something: I’ll warrant we won’t see him again.