insist – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
insist
v.
persist, persevere; firmly emphasize, assert; demand emphatically, firmly request, require
insist
Verb
1. be insistent and refuse to budge; "I must insist!"
(synonym) take a firm stand
(hyponym) stand pat, stand firm, hold firm, stand fast
(derivation) insistence, insisting
2. beg persistently and urgently; "I importune you to help them"
(synonym) importune
(hypernym) beg, implore, pray
(hyponym) besiege
(derivation) imperativeness, insistence, insistency, instancy
3. assert to be true; "The letter asserts a free society"
(synonym) assert
(hypernym) postulate, posit
insist
v.
trvat na čem; naléhat
insist
Czas.
nalegać; upierać się; upierać się; utrzymywać
Insist
(v. i.)
To take a stand and refuse to give way; to hold to something firmly or determinedly; to be persistent, urgent, or pressing; to persist in demanding; -- followed by on, upon, or that; as, he insisted on these conditions; he insisted on going at once; he insists that he must have money.
(v. i.)
To stand or rest; to find support; -- with in, on, or upon.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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