protested
- 1Simple past and past participle of protest.
Workers protested the new policy by walking off the job.
The closure had been protested by local residents for months.
Note
One spelling does both jobs, and what follows it shows which meaning of protest is at work. Without an object, objection usually takes a preposition: they protested against the cuts. With a direct object, as in protested the new policy, the construction belongs to US and Canadian usage. A different object reverses the sense entirely: someone who protested their innocence was affirming it, not objecting to it.
Thousands protested against the cuts outside the parliament building.
Throughout the trial he protested his innocence.
protested is a form of protest
protest, verb: To express strong disagreement or objection. Full entry
- Forms
- protestprotests he/she/itprotesting -ing formprotested past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- protest → protested: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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