vverb.communicationbe emphatic or resolute and refuse to budgeSynset:take a firm stand
Derivationally Related Form:insistence
Inherited Hypernyms:insist
Direct Hyponyms:assertasseveratehold firmmaintainstand faststand firmstand pat
Full Troponyms:allegeassertdemurhunker downpleadpredicatestand pat
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s on something
vverb.communicationbeg persistently and urgentlySynset:importune
Examples:- I importune you to help them
Derivationally Related Form:insistenceinsisting
Hypernyms:beg implore pray
Inherited Hypernyms:importunebegpleadappealrequestcommunicateconveytransfermove
Direct Hyponyms:besiege
Full Troponyms:besiege
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | They --- him to write the letter (apply to: importune) | They --- to move (apply to: insist)
vverb.cognitionpostulate positively and assertivelySynset:assert
Examples:- The letter asserts a free society
Derivationally Related Form:assertableassertion
Hypernyms:posit postulate
Inherited Hypernyms:insistpostulatepresupposeassumeexpectevaluatethink
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | They --- that there was a traffic accident (apply to: insist)