protest

Pronunciation

noun

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈprəʊ.tɛst/
• (US) enPR: prōʹtĕst, IPA ^(key): /ˈproʊ.tɛst/

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• Hyphenation: pro‧test

verb

• enPR: prə.tĕstʹ, IPA ^(key): /prəˈtɛst/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Hyphenation: pro‧test

Verb

Plain form protest

Third-person singular protests

Past tense protested

Past participle protested

Present participle protesting

1. 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

Singular protest

Plural protests

A protest

1. (countable) The action of protesting something.

   There will be a protest in the street tomorrow.