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Word:
insist
IPA transcription: [,ɪns'ɪst]
Pronunciations of insist
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verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
insist, take_a_firm_stand
Meaning:
be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge; "I must insist!"
Synonyms:
importune, insist
Meaning:
beg persistently and urgently; "I importune you to help them"
Synonyms:
insist, assert
Meaning:
assert to be true; "The letter asserts a free society"
Usage examples
I must insist....
I insist upon it.'
There, go, go--I insist on it."
She hesitates, I insist, and she gives way.
Juliette was too proud to insist any further.
Does he insist on remaining ignorant of the facts?
They will try to force them on you unless you insist.
It was like Miss Terry to insist upon that nearer inch.
And Menelaus answered, "Telemachus, if you insist on going I will not detain you.
"Mr. Rapid, it is utterly impossible; but if you insist, I will loan you a Latin book--"
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