transcription, транскрипция: [ wɒrənt, AM wɔ:r- ]
( warrants, warranting, warranted)
1.
If something warrants a particular action, it makes the action seem necessary or appropriate for the circumstances.
The allegations are serious enough to warrant an investigation...
= merit
VERB : V n
• war‧rant‧ed
Do you think this fear is warranted?
ADJ
2.
A warrant is a legal document that allows someone to do something, especially one that is signed by a judge or magistrate and gives the police permission to arrest someone or search their house.
Police confirmed that they had issued a warrant for his arrest.
...a search warrant...
N-COUNT : oft N for n , also by N
3.
see also death warrant