insist
verb /ɪnˈsɪst/
/ɪnˈsɪst/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they insist | /ɪnˈsɪst/ /ɪnˈsɪst/ |
| he / she / it insists | /ɪnˈsɪsts/ /ɪnˈsɪsts/ |
| past simple insisted | /ɪnˈsɪstɪd/ /ɪnˈsɪstɪd/ |
| past participle insisted | /ɪnˈsɪstɪd/ /ɪnˈsɪstɪd/ |
| -ing form insisting | /ɪnˈsɪstɪŋ/ /ɪnˈsɪstɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to demand that something happen or that somebody agree to do something
- I didn't really want to go but he insisted.
- Stay and have lunch. I insist!
- ‘Please come with us.’ ‘Very well then, if you insist.’
- insist on somebody/something doing something She insisted on him wearing a suit
- insist on somebody's/something's doing something (formal) She insisted on his wearing a suit
- insist that… He insists that she come.
- (British English also) He insists that she should come.
Synonyms demanddemand- require
- expect
- insist
- ask
- demand to make a very strong request for something; to say very definitely that somebody should have or do something:
- She demanded an immediate explanation.
- require [often passive] (rather formal) to make somebody do or have something, especially because it is necessary according to a law or set of rules or standards:
- All candidates will be required to take a short test.
- expect to demand that somebody should do, have or be something, especially because it is their duty or responsibility:
- I expect to be paid promptly for the work.
- insist to demand that something happens or that somebody agrees to do something:
- I didn’t want to go but he insisted.
- We insist on the highest standards at all times.
- ask to expect or demand something:
- You’re asking too much of him.
- to demand/require/expect/ask something of/from somebody
- to demand/require/expect/insist/ask that…
- to require/expect/ask somebody to do something
- to demand/require/expect/ask a lot/too much/a great deal
- to be too much to expect/ask
Extra Examples- He quietly but firmly insisted.
- I'm paying for this—no, I absolutely insist.
- The company insisted that the money be paid immediately.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- firmly
- strongly
- vehemently
- …
- continue to
- try to
- on
- upon
- [intransitive, transitive] to state clearly that something is true, especially when other people do not believe you
- insist on something He insisted on his innocence.
- insist (that)… He insisted (that) he was innocent.
- The government has always insisted that this was not the case.
- + speech ‘It's true,’ she insisted.
Extra Examples- She loudly insisted that she had a right to stay.
- She still insists her critics are wrong.
- Jackson has repeatedly insisted that the allegations were false.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- firmly
- strongly
- vehemently
- …
- continue to
- try to
- on
- upon
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘persist, persevere’): from Latin insistere ‘persist’, from in- ‘upon’ + sistere ‘stand’.