protest

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 Derived terms 1.6 Anagrams 2 Czech 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Related terms 3 Serbo-Croatian 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Declension 4 Swedish 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun 4.2.1 Related terms

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English protesten < Old French protester < Latin protestare < Latin pro- "before" + testare "to testify" < Latin testis "witness".

[edit] Pronunciation

• (verb) enPR: prətĕst', IPA: /prəˈtɛst/, SAMPA: /pr@"tEst/
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• (noun)
  • (RP): /ˈprəʊtɛst/, /"pr@UtEst/
  • (US): prō'tĕst, /ˈproʊtɛst/, /"proUtEst/
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  Rhymes: -ɛst

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to protest (third-person singular simple present protests, present participle protesting, simple past and past participle protested)

1. (intransitive) to make a strong objection

   How dare you, I protest!

   The public took to the streets to protest over the planned change to the law.

   • 2009, Wikipedia: Cuba:

     U.S. and European protested against Spanish conduct in Cuba.

2. (transitive) to affirm something

   I protest my innocence.

3. (transitive, chiefly North American) to object to.

   They protested the demolition of the school.

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protest (plural protests)

1. A formal objection, especially one by a group
2. A collective gesture of disapproval, sometimes violent

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• dissent
• objection
• protestation

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• Protestant
• protestation
• protester
• protest march
• under protest

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of eoprstt
• potters
• spotter

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protest m.

1. protest

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• protestní
• protestovat
• protestant

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• IPA: /prǒtest/
• Hyphenation: pro‧test

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pròtest m. (Cyrillic spelling про̀тест)

1. protest

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Inflection for protest	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	protest	protesten	protester	protesterna
Possessive form	protests	protestens	protesters	protesternas

protest c.

1. protest

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• protestera
• protestant