protest

verb

1. 1

   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.

   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.

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

2. 2

   To affirm (something).

   I protest my innocence.

   I do protest and declare …

   I will protest your cowardice.

   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.

3. 3

   To object to.

   "The gay community would love to point to Patti and say, 'She's one of us'" […] I protest the statement I have mentioned, as well as others like it. Few people I know, gay or straight, identify with the often outrageous thoughts of Patti Smith. Among other things, she's indicated in interviews that she thinks violence and rape are dandy experiences.

4. 4

   To publicly demonstrate against.

   They protested the demolition of the school.

5. 5

   To call as a witness in affirming or denying, or to prove an affirmation; to appeal to.

   Fiercely [they] opposed / My journey strange, with clamorous uproar / Protesting fate supreme.

6. 6

   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.

7. 7

   obsoleteTo publish; to make known.

noun

1. 1

   A formal objection, especially one by a group.

   They lodged a protest with the authorities.

2. 2

   A collective gesture of disapproval; a demonstration.

   We held a protest in front of City Hall.

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

   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. 3

   The noting by a notary public of an unpaid or unaccepted bill.

4. 4

   A written declaration, usually by the master of a ship, stating the circumstances attending loss or damage of ship or cargo, etc.

Forms

plural

protests

past tense

protested

past participle

protested

present participle

protesting

third person singular

protests