Insist

Quick meaning: Insist is a verb meaning (with (that + indicative) or intransitive, with on or upon) To hold up a claim emphatically.

Meaning

(with (that + indicative) or intransitive, with on or upon) To hold up a claim emphatically.

More Meanings

1. (sometimes with (that + subjunctive) or intransitive, with on or upon) To demand continually that something happen or be done; to reiterate a demand despite requests to abandon it.
2. (obsolete, chiefly geometry) To stand (on); to rest (upon); to lean (upon).

Example Sentences

The defendant insisted on his innocence.

I insist that my secretary dress nicely.

I insist that my secretary dresses nicely.

The Prime Minister insisted that his Chancellor resign.

Word Forms

• insists
• insisting
• insisted

Synonyms for insist

Depending on context, synonyms include assert, importune.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include importune, assert, insistence, persevere, persist, abide.

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