PROTEST


Meaning of PROTEST in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ angry , strong , violent

▪ non-violent , peaceful

▪ sit-down ( BrE )

▪ mass

▪ massive

▪ formal , official

▪ popular , public , student

▪ anti-government , anti-war , etc.

▪ political , social

▪ continuing

▪ rooftop ( BrE ), street

a rooftop ~ by prison inmates

street ~s by residents

▪ widespread

… OF PROTEST

▪ storm , wave

The new tax sparked a wave of public ~.

VERB + PROTEST

▪ organize , stage

▪ lead

▪ lodge , make , register

The Samoan team lodged a formal ~ against the decision.

The government has made an official ~.

▪ lead to , spark

▪ ignore

PROTEST + NOUN

▪ group , movement

▪ demonstration , march , meeting , rally

▪ strike ( esp. BrE )

▪ petition ( esp. BrE )

▪ vote

▪ song

PREPOSITION

▪ in ~

Prisoners shouted and hurled slates in ~.

▪ under ~

The strikers returned to work, but under ~.

▪ without ~

The crowd dispersed without ~.

▪ ~ about

a ~ about the new bypass

▪ ~ against

There had been a number of public ~s against the new tax.

▪ ~ over

a student ~ over tuition fees

PHRASES

▪ a chorus of ~ , a cry of ~ , a howl of ~

The announcement brought cries of ~ from the crowd.

▪ a letter of ~

▪ in ~ at ( esp. BrE ), in ~ of ( AmE )

The party boycotted the election in ~ at alleged vote rigging.

Winters quit the company board in ~ of Eisner's plans.

II.

verb

ADVERB

▪ strongly , vehemently , vigorously

▪ formally

▪ publicly

▪ loudly

▪ mildly

▪ weakly

▪ peacefully

the right to ~ peacefully

▪ angrily , bitterly , indignantly

VERB + PROTEST

▪ begin to , try to

When he tried to ~, she insisted.

▪ gather to

Crowds gathered to ~ about the police violence.

PREPOSITION

▪ about , over

Many people ~ed over the tax increase.

▪ against

They were ~ing against the proposed agreement.

▪ at

Many people have ~ed at the cuts in state benefits.

▪ to

We have ~ed to the government.

PHRASES

▪ the freedom to ~ , the right to ~

They were exercising their lawful right to ~.

Protest is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ demonstrator , ↑ muscle

Protest is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ arrest , ↑ decision , ↑ injustice , ↑ innocence , ↑ movement , ↑ occupation

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .