INSISTENT


Meaning of INSISTENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪnsɪstənt ]

1.

Someone who is insistent keeps insisting that a particular thing should be done or is the case.

Stalin was insistent that the war would be won and lost in the machine shops...

ADJ : oft ADJ that , ADJ on n / -ing

• in‧sist‧ent‧ly

‘What is it?’ his wife asked again, gently but insistently.

ADV : ADV with v

2.

An insistent noise or rhythm keeps going on for a long time and holds your attention.

...the insistent rhythms of the Caribbean and Latin America.

= unrelenting

ADJ

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