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say it: PROH-test
protest is a noun and verb meaning "a formal and solemn declaration of objection". It carries 6 recorded senses.
a formal and solemn declaration of objection
“they finished the game under protest to the league president”
“the senator rose to register his protest”
“the many protestations did not stay the execution”
the act of making a strong public expression of disagreement and disapproval
“he shouted his protests at the umpire”
“a shower of protest was heard from the rear of the hall”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for protest come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.