protestation

«protestation» in Mova's school dictionary: a strong, often over-eager statement that something is… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (protestations)

meaning for a pupil

A protestation is a strong, often over-eager statement that something is true, or a loud objection to something. tree →

sense in the lessons

in old tales, a solemn or noisy promise or denial made before an argument is settled: «many protestations and reproaches»

examples

• He made many protestations of innocence. tree →
• Despite all her protestations, nobody believed her. tree →
• The guard heard the stranger's protestations and shook his head. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «protestation» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.