What does insist mean?

Definitions for insist
ɪnˈsɪstin·sist

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. insist, take a firm standverb

    be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge

    "I must insist!"

  2. importune, insistverb

    beg persistently and urgently

    "I importune you to help them"

  3. insist, assertverb

    assert to be true

    "The letter asserts a free society"

Wiktionary

  1. insistverb

    (with on or upon) to hold up a claim emphatically.

    The defendant insisted on his innocence.

  2. insistverb

    (with on or upon) to demand continually that something happen or be done.

    The Prime Minister insisted on his Chancellor to resign.

  3. insistverb

    To stand on; to rest upon; to lean upon. Used especially as a technical term in geometry.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To INSISTverb

    Etymology: insister, French; insisto, Latin.

    The combs being double, the cells on each side the partition are so ordered, that the angles on one side insist upon the centers of the bottom of the cells on the other side. John Ray.

    Upon such large terms, and so absolute,
    As our conditions shall insist upon,
    Our peace shall stand as firm as rocky mountains. William Shakespeare.

    Were there no other act of hostility but that which we have hitherto insisted on, the intercepting of her supplies were irreparably injurious to her. Decay of Piety.

ChatGPT

  1. insist

    To insist means to firmly and persistently demand, request, or assert something, often refusing to accept refusal or disagreement. It involves expressing a strong belief or opinion and maintaining it regardless of opposing arguments or objections.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Insistverb

    to stand or rest; to find support; -- with in, on, or upon

  2. Insistverb

    to take a stand and refuse to give way; to hold to something firmly or determinedly; to be persistent, urgent, or pressing; to persist in demanding; -- followed by on, upon, or that; as, he insisted on these conditions; he insisted on going at once; he insists that he must have money

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Insist

    in-sist′, v.i. to dwell on emphatically in discourse: to persist in pressing: (Milt.) to persevere.—n. Insist′ence, perseverance in pressing any claim, grievance, &c.: pertinacity.—adj. Insist′ent, urgent: prominent: upright on end.—adv. Insist′ently.—n. Insist′ure, persistence: (Shak.) constancy. [Fr.,—L. insistĕre, in, upon, sistĕre, to stand.]

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British National Corpus

  1. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'insist' in Verbs Frequency: #311

Anagrams for insist »

  1. sit-ins

  2. sits in

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of insist in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of insist in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of insist in a Sentence

  1. James Baldwin:

    I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.

  2. Sani Kukasheka Usman:

    It is important to note that over the years this group has subjected ordinary citizens using public roads to untold delays, threats and disruption simply because they insist on using public space irrespective of inconvenience and hardship on other law-abiding citizens and motorists, this cannot be tolerated and must stop.

  3. Fox News:

    Taking Down Backpage, many survivors have come forward over the years, sharing their own horror stories to insist on dignity and justice for all.

  4. Thomas Bach:

    At a time when we still on speaking terms with AIBA, we had more or less agreed that we will have gender equality in the Olympic competition in Tokyo, you can be assured that whoever organizes the Olympic competition, we will insist on this principle of gender equality for boxing.

  5. Deputy Beijing Mayor Zhang Jiandong:

    We insist on prioritizing public health and safety, and coordinate the torch relay with pandemic control and prevention requirements.

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