protest
Pronunciation[change]
- Noun
- (UK) IPA (key): /ˈprəʊ.tɛst/
- (US) enPR: prōʹtĕst, IPA (key): /ˈproʊ.tɛst/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: pro‧test
- Verb
- enPR: prə.tĕstʹ, IPA (key): /prəˈtɛst/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: pro‧test
Verb[change]
Plain form |
Third-person singular |
Past tense |
Past participle |
Present participle |
- Someone protests something when they say loudly or strongly that the thing is bad.
- The people walked in the street holding signs to protest the war.
- That's mine. I protest your taking it away.
Noun[change]

- The action of protesting something.
- There will be a protest in the street tomorrow.