Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

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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