Meaning of insist | Babel Free

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1. To be resolute or firm in a demand or course: I insist on paying my share of the expenses.
2. To assert or demand (something) firmly or persistently: We insist that you stay for dinner.
3. To ask for urgently or insistently:call for, claim, demand, exact, require, requisition.
4. (the act of) insisting. She went to see the doctor at her husband's insistence. aandrang إصْرار настояване insistência naléhání das Beharren insisteren επιμονήinsistencia nõue اصرار vaatimus demande pressante התעקשות आग्रह, अनुरोध inzistiranje ragaszkodás vmihez desakan þrábeiðni insistenza 主張 강요, 억지 prisispyrimas neatlaidība; nepiekāpība; uzstājība desakan aandranginsistering, krav, stahet naleganie ټينګ insistência insistenţă настояние naliehanie vztrajanje insistiranje krav, insisterande ก...
5. aanhoudend مُصِر، مُلِح، لَجوج настоятелен insistente naléhavý beharrlich insisterende επίμονοςinsistente rõhutatud مصر؛ سمج hellittämätön pressant מִתעַקֵש हठी, आग्रहपूर्ण uporan ragaszkodó gigih eftirgangsharður; þrálátur insistente しつこい 고집하는, 집요한 prisispyręs, primygtinis neatlaidīgs; nepiekāpīgs dengan desakan volhoudendstadig, iherdiguporczywy . ټنګار پااصراركوونكى insistente insistent настойчивый;настоятельный naliehavý vztrajen uporan envis, enträgen, ihärdig ยืนยัน ısrar eden, direnen ...
6. insistir;to ___ on → ___ en;
7. to make a determined demand (for): he insisted that his rights be respected; he insisted on his rights.
8. to express a convinced belief (in) or assertion (of): he insisted that she was mad; he insisted on her madness.
9. to be emphatic, firm, or resolute; dwell with earnestness or emphasis (usu. fol. by on or upon ): to insist on a point; to insist on checking every fact.
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10. to assert or demand firmly or persistently.

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