insist

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪnˈsɪst/

Verb

insist (insists, present participle insisting; past and past participle insisted)

1. (with on or upon or (that + ordinary verb form)) To hold up a claim emphatically.

   The defendant insisted on his innocence.

   I insist that my secretary dresses nicely. (I am defending her; see a similar example in the context below for comparison.)

2. (sometimes, with on or upon or (that + subjunctive)) To demand continually that something happen or be done.

   The Prime Minister insisted on his Chancellor's resignation.

   The Prime Minister insisted that his Chancellor resign.

   I insist that my secretary dress nicely.

3. (obsolete, chiefly, geometry) To stand (on); to rest (upon); to lean (upon).

Translations

• French: insister
• German: auf ... bestehen
• Italian: insistere
• Portuguese: insistir
• Russian: наста́ивать
• Spanish: insistir, empeñar

Translations

• Italian: insistere

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