Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to protest
Participle: protested
Gerund: protesting
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | protest |
| you | protest |
| he;she;it | protests |
| we | protest |
| you | protest |
| they | protest |
Perfect
| I | have protested |
| you | have protested |
| he;she;it | has protested |
| we | have protested |
| you | have protested |
| they | have protested |
Past
| I | protested |
| you | protested |
| he;she;it | protested |
| we | protested |
| you | protested |
| they | protested |
Pluperfect
| I | had protested |
| you | had protested |
| he;she;it | had protested |
| we | had protested |
| you | had protested |
| they | had protested |
Future
| I | will protest |
| you | will protest |
| he;she;it | will protest |
| we | will protest |
| you | will protest |
| they | will protest |
Future Perfect
| I | will have protested |
| you | will have protested |
| he;she;it | will have protested |
| we | will have protested |
| you | will have protested |
| they | will have protested |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | protest |
| you | protest |
| he;she;it | protest |
| we | protest |
| you | protest |
| they | protest |
Perfect
| I | have protested |
| you | have protested |
| he;she;it | have protested |
| we | have protested |
| you | have protested |
| they | have protested |
Imperfect
| I | protested |
| you | protested |
| he;she;it | protested |
| we | protested |
| you | protested |
| they | protested |
Pluperfect
| I | had protested |
| you | had protested |
| he;she;it | had protested |
| we | had protested |
| you | had protested |
| they | had protested |
Conditional
Present
| I | would protest |
| you | would protest |
| he;she;it | would protest |
| we | would protest |
| you | would protest |
| they | would protest |
Perfect
| I | would have protested |
| you | would have protested |
| he;she;it | would have protested |
| we | would have protested |
| you | would have protested |
| they | would have protested |
Imperative
| you | protest |
| we | Let's protest |
| you | protest |
Verbs conjugated like 'protest'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'protest'
pretest,
protect,
biotest,
cotest,
prest,
pretext,
priest,
process,
profect,
profess,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- complain
- expostulate, demur, object, disagree, remonstrate
- assert
- affirm, asseverate, attest, aver, avow, declare, testify
Antonyms
- To make a strong objection.
- acquiesce
- complain
- recommend, commend, praise, confirm
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1340 (implied in
protestation) "solemn declaration," from L.
protestari "declare publicly, testify, protest," from
pro- "forth, before" +
testari "testify," from
testis "witness" (see testament). Original sense preserved in
to protest one's innocence. Meaning "statement of disapproval" first recorded 1751; that of "expressing of dissent from, or rejection of, prevailing mores" is from 1953, in ref. to U.S. black civil rights movement. The verb is attested from 1440, "to declare or state formally or solemnly," from O.Fr.
protester. First record of
protest march is from 1959.
Protester "demonstrator, public opponent of the established order" is from 1960.
2. PIE word
3. *tréyes
4. From the Middle English verb protesten, from Old French protester, from Latin prōtestārī, from prō + testor, from testis (“witness”). See: Latin '
prōtestor'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] indisposed, has been required to fill the place of the latter officer; and has been propped and jammed up with empty casks in a little house upon deck, and commanded to roll out pie-crust, which he protests (being highly bilious ) it is death to him to look at. News! A dozen murders on shore would lack the interest of these slight incidents at sea.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] Our people grumbled at this, as people do in such cases; but suffered the boat to be towed off with the whole freight aboard nevertheless; and away we went down the canal. At home, I should have protested lustily, but being a foreigner here, I held my peace. Not so this passenger. He cleft a path among the people on deck (we were nearly all on deck ), and without addressing anybody whomsoever, [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)