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Warrant: Definition, Usage & Common Mistakes (2 meaning)

Meaning 1：justify (warrant)

warrant 🔊

/ˈwɒrənt/

To provide a good enough reason for an action, decision, or feeling.

Warrant meaning illustrated by group discussing a community garden proposal.

justify 🔊

➕

/ˈdʒʌstɪfaɪ/

To provide sufficient reason or authorization for something, making it right or acceptable.

📁 Category：Behaviors & Actions 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

From Old North French 'warant', meaning 'protector, defender', related to the notion of authorization.

💡 Mnemonic

Think: A 'WAR ANT' carrying an official paper. The paper authorizes or justifies its mission.

📖 Example

His long list of achievements warrants him the promotion he received. 🔊 His impressive accomplishments justify the promotion he was given.

🔗 Collocations

warrant attention – To justify or deserve focus or consideration.

fully warrant – To completely justify or authorize.

warrant further investigation – To provide sufficient reason for additional examination.

🔄 Synonyms

justify (v.) – To show or prove to be right or reasonable.

merit (v.) – To deserve or be worthy of something.

deserve (v.) – To have earned or be entitled to based on actions or qualities.

🚫 Antonyms

forfeit (v.) – To lose or give up the right to something.

🌱 Derivatives

warrantable (adj.) – Able to be authorized or justified.

warrantor (n.) – A person or entity that gives a warrant or guarantee.

📖 Cultural Story

The word originates from Old North French 'warant', meaning a protector or guarantor. It entered English law as a formal authorization document (e.g., search warrant), solidifying its link to 'justification' and 'necessity'.

Meaning 2：call for (warrant)

warrant 🔊

/ˈwɒrənt/

To make a particular action or reaction necessary because of how serious or important a situation is.

Warrant meaning shown by applying a bandage to a minor cut.

call for 🔊

➕

/kɔːl fɔːr/

To make a particular action or response necessary due to the circumstances.

📁 Category：Physical & Mental Health 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

The small cut on your finger doesn't warrant a trip to the emergency room. 🔊 The minor cut on your finger does not call for a visit to the emergency room.

🔗 Collocations

warrant concern – To justify a state of worry or attention.

hardly warrant – To barely or scarcely justify.

warrant immediate action – To necessitate prompt measures.

🔄 Synonyms

necessitate (v.) – To make something necessary as a result.

require (v.) – To need for a particular purpose; to make necessary.

demand (v.) – To require as necessary or appropriate.

🚫 Antonyms

disregard (v.) – To pay no attention to; to ignore.