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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
protest
▶noun /ˈprəʊtɛst/ 
  • 1 a statement or action expressing disapproval of or objection to something.

    ■ an organized public demonstration objecting to an official policy or course of action.

  • 2 Law a written declaration, typically by a notary public, that a bill has been presented and payment or acceptance refused.
▶verb /prəˈtɛst/ 
  • 1 express an objection to an action or remark.

    ■ engage in public protest.

    ■ N. Amer. publicly protest against.

  • 2 make an emphatic declaration or denial in response to doubt or accusation.
  • 3 Law write or obtain a protest in regard to (a bill).
– derivatives
protester (also protestor) noun,
protesting adjective,
protestingly adverb.
– origin ME (in the sense ‘make a solemn declaration’): from OFr. protester, from L. protestari ‘assert formally’, based on testis ‘a witness’.



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howls of protest/complaint/objection/disapproval
In protest
in protest of/in protest to
lodge a complaint, protest, claim?
Marta began to protest in the only way she knew how.
means of protest
orchestrated protest
protest & demonstration
protest against/at/about
Protest away
The only thing we ____ until now _____ the day of the international protest meeting against NATO Summit in Turkey.
the people ...protest who hurled ...
There was a cry, as of protest, ringing from the
This protest comes as
to call his counterpart in protest
to go on a protest/to (a) (the) protest.
to register the people's protest

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