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# remonstrate

verb (remonstrate, remonstrates, remonstrated, remonstrating)

«remonstrate» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To protest or argue firmly against something, saying it is wrong or unfair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remonstrate/#m1)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remonstrate/#x1)
- He remonstrated that he had not taken the cake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remonstrate/#x2)
- Mum remonstrated when we left the mess. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remonstrate/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «remonstrate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remonstrate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«remonstrate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/remonstrate.html) on Mova free.