protest

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protest

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

Noun and verb

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹəʊ.tɛst/
• (US) enPR: prōʹtĕst, IPA^(key): /ˈpɹoʊ.tɛst/

• Audio (General American):

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• Hyphenation: pro‧test

Verb

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

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛst
• Hyphenation: pro‧test

Note

The verb is stressed on the first syllable when referring to a physical march and stressed on the second syllable when in reference to a spoken outburst.

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.

   • 2023 December 27, David Turner, “Silent lines...”, in RAIL, number 999, page 29:

     On November 29 1952, a special train ran from Sunderland to Leeds for Christmas shoppers and those attending a Leeds vs. Brentford match. It caused controversy, with Sunderland traders protesting that their shops were just as good as those in Leeds.

2. (transitive) To affirm (something).

   I protest my innocence.

   I do protest and declare …

   • 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :

     I will protest your cowardice.

   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A Millar, , →OCLC:

     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[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “Ch.8”, in The Moon and Sixpence, : Grosset & Dunlap Publishers , →OCLC:

     She flashed a smile at me, and, protesting an engagement with her dentist, jauntily walked on.

3. (transitive, chiefly Canada, US) To object to; to protest against.

   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.
   • 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. , London: [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker ; nd by Robert Boulter ; nd Matthias Walker, , →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: , London: Basil Montagu Pickering , 1873, →OCLC:

     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.

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.

   • 2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist‎, volume 408, number 8848:

     All this has led to an explosion of protest across China, including among a middle class that has discovered nimbyism.

   • 2020 July 13, Austin Ramzy, Elaine Yu, Tiffany May, “Hong Kong Voters Defy Beijing, Endorsing Protest Leaders in Primary”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-07-14‎:

     Sage Ip, a 29-year-old flight attendant who cast her ballot on Sunday in the Sai Ying Pun district, said she voted in the primary because she was worried that she would never get a chance to do so again. “Voting is something that is still within our capacity. We can’t express ourselves at protests anymore.”

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.

• dissent
• objection
• protestation

• Potters, potters, spotter, strepto, strepto-

Borrowed from Latin prōtestor.

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protest m inan

1. protest

   vyvolat protest. ― to elicit protest.

• “protest”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “protest”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Borrowed from Middle French , from Old French , from Latin protestō.

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

protest n (plural protesten, diminutive protestje n)

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

• betoging
• demonstratie

• protestant
• protesteren

• Afrikaans: protes
• → Caribbean Javanese: protès

Estonian Wikipedia has an article on:

protest

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• IPA^(key): /protˈesʲt/

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protest (genitive protesti, partitive protesti)

1. protest

• “protest”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “protest”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• protest in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

From Latin protestari, as for protestere.

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

1. a protest

• protestmarsj

• protestere

• “protest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin protestari.

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

1. a protest

• protestmarsj

• “protest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

protest

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Borrowed from German Protest, from Italian protesto, from Latin prōtestārī, present active infinitive of prōtestor, from prō + testor, from testis (“witness”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɔ.tɛst/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔtɛst
• Syllabification: pro‧test

protest m inan

1. (law) protest (formal objection)
2. (government, politics) protest (demonstration)

   Synonym: demonstracja

• protest in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• protest in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Back-formation from protesta

protest n (plural proteste)

1. protest

From German Protest.

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

pròtest m (Cyrillic spelling про̀тест)

1. protest

   Synonym: pròsvjed

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protest c

1. protest

• protestera
• protestant

• torpets

From English protest.

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɔtɛsd/,

protest f (plural protestiadau or protestadau)

1. protest, demonstration (collective gesture of disapproval)

   Synonym: gwrthdystiad

   • 2020 November 11, BBC Cymru Fyw‎:

     Mae dwsinau o ddynion sydd wedi cael eu cartrefi mewn gwersyll ym Mhenalun, Sir Benfro wedi cynnal protest dros eu hamodau byw. Cynhaliodd y dynion brotest yn hawlio bod eu hawliau dynol yn cael eu hanwybyddu.

     Dozens of men who have been housed in a camp in Penally, Pembrokeshire have held a protest over their living conditions. The men held a protest claiming that their human rights were being ignored.

• protestio (“to protest”)

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “protest”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies