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noun |
| pronunciation: |
pro
test
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| definition 1: |
When you make a protest, you say that you think something is wrong, or you do something to show that you disagree with something.
There were many protests from parents and students about the school starting an hour earlier in the morning.- synonyms:
- resistance
- antonyms:
- approval
- similar words:
- challenge, exception
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| definition 2: |
When a group of people are against something or strongly want something to change, they sometimes join together and start a protest. In a protest, people often walk in the streets carrying signs and shouting about the things that they feel are wrong and need to be changed. Sometimes, they all do something together silently instead.
The employees at the factory walked out all together as a protest against low wages.A group of citizens joined in a protest against tearing down the historic bridge over the town's river.- synonyms:
- demonstration
- similar words:
- strike
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| related words: |
complaint, demonstration, opposition |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| pronunciation: |
pr
test
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| inflections: |
protests, protesting, protested |
| definition 1: |
When you protest, you say or do something that shows you do not agree with or are angry about something.
A group of citizens protested against the building of a new airport near their homes.- synonyms:
- object
- antonyms:
- agree
- similar words:
- debate, differ, disagree, dispute
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| definition 2: |
When people protest something, it means that they say or do something that shows they are against this thing.
Many people were against the building of the new highway through their neighborhood, and they strongly protested it.- similar words:
- object
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| related words: |
oppose |
| derivations: |
protestingly (adv.), protester (n.) |
Word Builder: protest +
- protester:
a person who protests.
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