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insist English

Meaning insist meaning

What does insist mean?
Definitions in simple English

insist Verb

— To insist means to get your own way without listening to other people's comments. He insist on eating out, therefore his wife had no choice but to also do so.

insist

— verb be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge I must insist! — verb (= importune) beg persistently and urgently I importune you to help them — verb (= assert) assert to be true The letter asserts a free society

Synonyms insist synonyms

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insist English » English

persist assert urge press persevere affirm demand confirm stubborn state require put up with last keep hold out force endure claim take a firm stand stipulate obstinate maintain insist on importune determined continue compel certify call ask approve advise strongly verify uphold tell firmly take swear suppose struggle strive stress squeeze squash speed up sit heavy on shove repeat reaffirm push purport

Topics insist topics

What do people use insist to talk about?
Language and thought Want Influence

Insist
Language and thought Want Influence

Compel

Conjugation insist conjugation

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Examples insist examples

How do I use insist in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I insist on your being present.
You always insist that you are in the right.
I'll do it, if you insist.
It will make most Americans uncomfortable if you insist on their accepting expensive gifts.
Some people insist that television does more harm than good.
If you insist, I'll have another drink.
If you insist on going alone, please do so.
They insist that he should go.
Why do you insist on paying for your school expenses yourself, when your parents are willing to give you financial support?
Here at Siemens, we insist on the very highest quality.
I insist that you leave Tom alone.
If you insist.
I will borrow it then, if you insist.
I don't like people who always insist on talking about politics.
I insist that he should go with us.
Insist on the best.
Come in. I insist.
Why do you insist on going?
I insist that I'm innocent.

Movie subtitles

We no longer insist on left lateral, Sister.
Oh, there's absolutely no chance of that if you insist on using a commercial pattern.
We absolutely insist.
If you absolutely insist on going into work, then I guess I will be going into work with you.
Don't make me insist.
Look hon, I can't leave you if you insist on bringing home this kinda friends.
I insist upon Flanders!
I'm sorry, Doctor, but I insist.
If you insist. Well, they say there was some question of the accounts, that your wife left under a cloud.
But, sir, they insist on seeing you.
I insist on keeping her here under our direct observation.
Speaking for the board of directors, as well as for myself, if you insist in times like these on cutting the fees. of the board of directors, then we resign.
I insist that she must be checked.
I insist. I insist.
You won't even have to take a physical examination. unless you insist on one.
Then I insist you see Shubin tonight.
As long as you insist upon staying.
I'll insist on it.
I'll even pay for my board if you insist on it nicely.
Unless you're stubborn and insist on it. Come on, get out!
I insist.
Therefore, I must insist on giving you my personal protection and escort.
In spite of all that, you still insist that Huxley's theory is authentic?
Don't insist, pal.
Well, if you insist.
Well, I don't insist.
Now if you really insist I murdered Lulu. I don't want to contradict you.
Well, all right, if you insist.
WELL, IF YOU INSIST.
No, no, no, I insist.
But some are not measuring up to the necessary standards of discipline that I insist upon.
Well, if you insist, a cage full of monkeys.
I insist on having a look.
On one condition, on which I shall insist.
We insist on only one condition.
Oh, if you insist.

News and current affairs

For them, the territories are part of the Jewish patrimony, which is why they insist on referring to the West Bank by its Hebrew historical appellation - Judea and Samaria.
Since then, it has continued to insist that its arguments for invading Iraq are beyond criticism, while making a mess of the postwar administration by refusing to share authority.
While I am sure you will insist that you are going to follow in the political legacy of Sharon, you have some important advantages with Palestinians that Sharon did not have.
So it is fatuous for Israel's government to insist that the Palestinians disarm completely before the peace process can continue, when Palestinian moderates have no proof that Israel will withdraw to the pre-1967 boundaries.
Critics insist that QE is the beginning of the end of the global financial system, if not of civilization itself.
He may lower oil prices for someone close to him, like Belarus' dictator Alexander Lukashenko, and insist on a market price for someone else, but that's basically all he can do.
More radical thinkers insist that California is ungovernable and should be broken into two or even three states.
They should be grateful, rather than foolishly insist that China take it back.
If those who insist on scorekeeping have their way, the US will be unable to exercise the leadership that the world needs.
If consumers insist on buying only ethical diamonds, traders might be able to push the demand back to their sources.
But such a stance dooms prospects for a new global treaty, as developed countries will rightly insist that poorer countries be part of the solution.
We should insist that Egypt or Pakistan improve their market system, apply the rule of law, and open their economies to international trade and capital movements.
If a majority of the countries present dares to declare that demanding consensus is equivalent to enforcing paralysis, and if they insist upon following the voting procedures enshrined in the UN Charter, we could see enormous progress.
Some want negotiations on nuclear disarmament; others want to ban the production of fissile material for weapon purposes; and still others insist that such a treaty should also cover existing stocks.
Though not one to deny the existence of such base motives, I would insist that the crisis has its roots in key policy decisions stretching back over decades.
The year 2005 will offer many opportunities for citizens around the world to insist that their leaders keep their Millennium promises.
The lesson that Schroeder drew was to insist that Germany could no longer be taken for granted and would demand a role commensurate to its size and weight.
And leading bank executives still insist that they should be allowed to run highly leveraged global businesses, in which they are paid based on their return on equity - unadjusted for any risk.
But when the people at the apex of these institutions insist that the crisis response went well, and that everything will be fine, even as the financial behemoths that caused the crisis lumber forward, their credibility inevitably suffers.
Russia could also insist on greater military cooperation, including the deployment of Russian missiles in Belarus in response to America's planned missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic.
Yet as a condition, he may insist that Californians, who are already among the most heavily taxed Americans, pay more.
First, President Bush and his senior aides insist that the coming Iraq war is an extension of the military campaign against terrorism.
If, as many fear, the United Kingdom releases the General in the next few days, Chile's right-of-center politicians should insist, publicly and forcefully, that Pinochet is brought to justice in his own country.
They insist that China will go ahead with plans to introduce margin trading, short selling, and futures contracts on share prices.

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