VERB | communication | insist, take a firm stand | be emphatic or resolute and refuse / refuse to budge |
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communication | insist, importune | beg persistently and urgently | |
cognition | insist, assert | assert to be true |
Sounds | ihnsih'st | |
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Rhymes | abortionist ... Zionist: 245 rhymes with ihst... |
Meaning | Be emphatic or resolute and refuse / refuse to budge. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s on something | |
Example | "I must insist!" | |
Synonym | take a firm stand | |
Narrower | assert, asseverate, maintain | state categorically |
stand pat, stand firm, hold firm, stand fast | refuse / refuse to abandon one's opinion or belief | |
Spanish | insistir | |
Catalan | insistir | |
Nouns | insistence | continual and persistent demands |
Meaning | beg persistently and urgently. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Model | They insist to move | |
Synonym | importune | |
Narrower | besiege | harass, as with questions or requests |
Broader | beg, implore, pray | Call upon in supplication |
Spanish | importunar, insistir | |
Catalan | importunar, insistir | |
Nouns | insistence | the act of insisting on something |
insisting | continual and persistent demands |
Meaning | assert to be true. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Model | They insist that there was a traffic accident | |
Synonym | assert | |
Broader | postulate, posit | Take as a given |
Spanish | incidir, insistir | |
Catalan | incidir, insistir |
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