protest

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English

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Etymology

From the Middle English verb protesten, from Old French protester, from Latin prōtestārī, present active infinitive of prōtestor, from prō + testor, from testis (“witness”).

Pronunciation

Noun

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɹəʊ.tɛst/
  • (US) enPR: prōʹtĕst, IPA(key): /ˈpɹoʊ.tɛst/
  • Audio (GA)(file)
  • Hyphenation: pro‧test

Verb

  • enPR: prə.tĕstʹ, IPA(key): /pɹəˈtɛst/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛst
  • Hyphenation: pro‧test

Verb

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.
    • 1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC:
      As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.
    • 2009, Cuba:
      U.S. and European protested against Spanish conduct in Cuba.
  2. (transitive) To affirm (something).
    I protest my innocence.
    I do protest and declare …
    • (Can we date this quote by William Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      I will protest your cowardice.
    • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
      Our youth, now, emboldened with his success, resolved to push the matter farther, and ventured even to beg her recommendation of him to her father's service; protesting that he thought him one of the honestest fellows in the country, and extremely well qualified for the place of a gamekeeper, which luckily then happened to be vacant.
    • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, Ch.8
      She flashed a smile at me, and, protesting an engagement with her dentist, jauntily walked on.
  3. (transitive, chiefly Canada, US) To object to.
    They protested the demolition of the school.
  4. To call as a witness in affirming or denying, or to prove an affirmation; to appeal to.
    • (Can we date this quote by John Milton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      Fiercely [they] opposed / My journey strange, with clamorous uproar / Protesting fate supreme.
  5. (law, transitive) to make a solemn written declaration, in due form, on behalf of the holder, against all parties liable for any loss or damage to be sustained by non-acceptance or non-payment of (a bill or note). This should be made by a notary public, whose seal it is the usual practice to affix.
  6. (obsolete, transitive) To publish; to make known.

Translations

Noun

protest (countable and uncountable, plural protests)

  1. A formal objection, especially one by a group.
    They lodged a protest with the authorities.
  2. A collective gesture of disapproval; a demonstration.
    We held a protest in front of City Hall.
  3. The noting by a notary public of an unpaid or unaccepted bill.
  4. A written declaration, usually by the master of a ship, stating the circumstances attending loss or damage of ship or cargo, etc.

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Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

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  1. protest

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Dutch

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /proːˈtɛst/
  • Hyphenation: pro‧test
  • Rhymes: -ɛst

Noun

protest n (plural protesten, diminutive protestje n)

  1. protest (rally to express dissatisfaction)
  2. protest (expression of disagreement)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin protestari, as for protestere

Noun

protest m (definite singular protesten, indefinite plural protester, definite plural protestene)

  1. a protest

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin protestari

Noun

protest m (definite singular protesten, indefinite plural protestar, definite plural protestane)

  1. a protest

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Polish

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Pronunciation

Noun

protest m inan

  1. protest (formal objection)
  2. protest (demonstration)

Declension

Declension of protest
singular plural
nominative protest protesty
genitive protestu protestów
dative protestowi protestom
accusative protest protesty
instrumental protestem protestami
locative proteście protestach
vocative proteście protesty

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Protest.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prǒtest/
  • Hyphenation: pro‧test

Noun

pròtest m (Cyrillic spelling про̀тест)

  1. protest

Declension

Declension of protest
singular plural
nominative protest protesti
genitive protesta protesta
dative protestu protestima
accusative protest proteste
vocative proteste protesti
locative protestu protestima
instrumental protestom protestima

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Swedish

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Noun

protest c

  1. protest

Declension

Declension of protest 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative protest protesten protester protesterna
Genitive protests protestens protesters protesternas

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