remonstrate

«remonstrate» in Mova's school dictionary: To protest or argue firmly against something, saying it… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (remonstrate, remonstrates, remonstrated, remonstrating)

meaning for a pupil

To protest or argue firmly against something, saying it is wrong or unfair. tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories a character complains firmly to someone, often to object: «remonstrated, "I'm too big for a cradle"»

examples

• "That is not fair," she remonstrated with the referee. tree →
• He remonstrated that he had not taken the cake. tree →
• Mum remonstrated when we left the mess. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

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