Definitions for insist
ɪnˈsɪstin·sist

Princeton's WordNet(2.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. insist, take a firm stand(verb)

   be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge

   "I must insist!"

2. importune, insist(verb)

   beg persistently and urgently

   "I importune you to help them"

3. insist, assert(verb)

   assert to be true

   "The letter asserts a free society"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. insist(Verb)

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

   The defendant insisted on his innocence.

2. insist(Verb)

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

   The Prime Minister insisted on his Chancellor to resign.

3. insist(Verb)

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

Webster Dictionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Insist(verb)

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

2. Insist(verb)

   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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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.]

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

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

Anagrams for insist »

1. sit-ins, sits in

2. Sit-ins

3. Sits in

How to pronounce insist?

1. Alex

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   Daniel

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   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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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. Prime Minister Boyko Borissov:

   I will insist on the immediate closure of the external borders of the whole European Union.

2. Patrick Leahy:

   If their (ABC's) information is accurate, the burden is on the Iraqi Government to punish those involved and on the Departments of State and Defense to insist that they do so and to offer support in investigating and punishing those involved as the law calls for, otherwise the Iraqi units involved should be deemed ineligible for U.S. aid.

3. Avril Haines:

   The DNI must never shy away from speaking truth to power — even, especially, when doing so may be inconvenient or difficult, the DNI must insist that, when it comes to intelligence, there is simply no place for politics — ever.

4. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico:

   If that does not work, and I am very pessimistic, and all of us in Europe will insist on proper protection of external borders, there will be nothing left but protecting the border on the line of Greece-Macedonia and Greece-Bulgaria.

5. Wade Smith:

   Sylvia Hatchell would not insist that Sylvia Hatchell players play through pain or injury and depends on team doctors to clear them for competition, sylvia Hatchell dearly loves all the young women Sylvia Hatchell has coached and so many of them have reached out to support her this week. We must not suddenly assume the worst about people who have lived exemplary lives.

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