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insist

English

Etymology

Partly from Middle French insister, from Latin ?nsistere; and partly from a back-formation from insistence.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?n?s?st/
  • Rhymes: -?st
  • Hyphenation: in?sist

Verb

insist (third-person singular simple present insists, present participle insisting, simple past and past participle insisted)

  1. (with on or upon or (that + ordinary verb form)) To hold up a claim emphatically.
    (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.
  3. (obsolete, chiefly geometry) To stand (on); to rest (upon); to lean (upon).

Translations

Anagrams

  • INSTIs, sit-ins, sits in

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insistence

English

Etymology

From Middle English insistence, derived from Old French insister (“to insist”). Compare Middle French insistance.

Morphologically insist +? -ence.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?n?s?st?ns/

Noun

insistence (countable and uncountable, plural insistences)

  1. The state of being insistent.
  2. An urgent demand.
  3. (fencing) The forcing of an attack through the parry, using strength.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:obstinacy

Related terms

  • insist

Translations

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