INSIST ON DOING STH

Meaning of INSIST ON DOING STH in English

to continue doing sth even though other people think it is annoying :

They insist on playing their music late at night.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOING
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
INSIST — insister (-entie)
English interlingue dictionary
DOING — THAT WAS YOUR ~: ta vu es culpabil, pri to vu es responsabil
English interlingue dictionary
INSIST — ipugus;pamugos;pamugus
English-Visayan vocabulary
DOING — buhat
English-Visayan vocabulary
INSIST — verb see: stand Date: 1586 intransitive verb to be emphatic, firm, or resolute about something intended, demanded, or required , …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DOING — noun Date: 14th century the act of performing or executing ; action , 2. plural things that are done or …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ON — I. (|)ȯn, (|)än, in the southeastern US sometimes (|)ōn preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, fr Old English an, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — abbreviation somatotropic hormone
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — abbreviation south
Webster's New International English Dictionary
INSIST — ə̇nˈsist verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French insister, from Latin insistere to stand upon, persist, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOING — noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of don to do — more at do 1. a. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
INSIST — (v. i.) To take a stand and refuse to give way; to hold to something firmly or determinedly; to be …
Английский словарь Webster
DOING — (n.) Anything done; a deed; an action good or bad; hence, in the plural, conduct; behavior. See Do.
Английский словарь Webster
DOING — (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Do
Английский словарь Webster
DOING — ( p. pr. & vb. n. ) of Do
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DOING — ( n. ) Anything done; a deed; an action good or bad; hence, in the plural, conduct; behavior. See Do.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
INSIST — — insister , n. — insistingly , adv. /in sist"/ , v.i. 1. to be emphatic, firm, or resolute on …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOING — /dooh"ing/ , n. 1. action; performance; execution: Your misfortune is not of my doing. 2. doings , deeds; proceedings; happenings; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOING — n. act, deed
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
INSIST — verb Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French insister, from Latin insistere to stand upon, persist, from in- + sistere …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOING — noun Date: 14th century 1. : the act of performing or executing : action that will take a great deal …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
INSIST — vi to stand or rest; to find support; with in, on, or upon. 2. insist ·vi to take a …
Webster English vocab
DOING — p.pr. & ·vb.n. of do. 2. doing ·noun anything done; a deed; an action good or bad; hence, in the …
Webster English vocab
DOING — ■ noun 1》 (also ~s ) the activities in which someone engages. 2》 activity or effort: it would take some …
Concise Oxford English vocab
STH — ■ abbreviation south.
Concise Oxford English vocab
INSIST — insist BrE AmE ɪn ˈsɪst ▷ insist|ed ɪd əd ▷ insist|ing ɪŋ ▷ insist|s s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DOING — doing BrE AmE ˈdu ː ‿ɪŋ ▷ doing|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
INSIST — / ɪnˈsɪst; NAmE / verb insist (on sth) 1. to demand that sth happens or that sb agrees to do …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOING — / ˈduːɪŋ; NAmE / noun [ C , usually pl. , U ] a thing done or caused by sb …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ON — I. on 1 S1 W1 /ɒn $ ɑːn, ɒːn/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] 1 . ON …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
INSIST — in ‧ sist S3 W2 /ɪnˈsɪst/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive] [ Word Family: verb : ↑ insist ; noun : …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOING — do ‧ ing /ˈduːɪŋ/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: verb : ↑ do , ↑ outdo , ↑ overdo …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
INSIST — v.tr. (usu. foll. by that + clause; also absol.) maintain or demand positively and assertively (insisted that he was innocent; …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOING — n. 1 a an action; the performance of a deed (famous for his doings; it was my doing). b activity, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
INSIST — v.tr. (usu. foll. by that + clause; also absol.) maintain or demand positively and assertively (insisted that he was innocent; …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOING — n. 1 a an action; the performance of a deed (famous for his doings; it was my doing). b activity, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
INSIST — v.tr. (usu. foll. by that + clause; also absol.) maintain or demand positively and assertively (insisted that he was innocent; …
Oxford English vocab
DOING — n.1 a an action; the performance of a deed (famous for his doings; it was my doing). b activity, effort …
Oxford English vocab
ON — The preposition is pronounced /ɒn/. The adverb and the adjective are pronounced /ɒn/. Frequency: The word is one of the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
INSIST — ( insists, insisting, insisted) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
INSIST — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB always ▪ She always insisted on doing it herself and that made it easy …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
INSIST — [verb] - to state or demand forcefully, esp. despite oppositionGreg still insists (that) he did nothing wrong. [+ (that) clause]Please …
Cambridge English vocab
DOING — [noun] [U]Is this your doing? (= Did you do this?)It was none of my doing.Running a marathon takes some/a lot …
Cambridge English vocab
INSIST — Synonyms and related words : advocate, affirm, allege, announce, annunciate, argue, assert, assever, asseverate, aver, avouch, avow, blandish, brook no …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOING — See: NOTHING DOING.
Slang English vocab
INSIST — verb ADVERB ▪ firmly , strongly , vehemently ▪ adamantly ( esp. AmE ), doggedly , steadfastly , stubbornly ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
INSIST — See ↑ INSIST 1, ↑ SAY 3, ↑ TELL 17
Longman Activator English vocab
INSIST — INDEX: 1. to say firmly that someone must do something or that something must happen RELATED WORDS see also ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
INSIST — v. 25B6; verb be prepared to insist : STAND FIRM, stand one's ground, be resolute, be determined, hold out, be …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOING — n. 25B6; noun the doing of the act constitutes the offence : PERFORMANCE, performing, carrying out, execution, implementation, implementing, achievement, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOING — See: NOTHING DOING.
Словарь английских идиом
INSIST — verb BAD : The porter insisted to help us with our baggage. GOOD : The porter insisted on helping us …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
STH — сокр. [sidetracked hole] скважина с боковым стволом
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STH — сокр. [sidetracked hole] скважина с боковым стволом
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ON — 1. предл. 1) а) в пространственном значении указывает на нахождение на поверхности какого-л. предмета, на чем-л. на a house on …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
INSIST — гл. 1) настаивать (на чем-л.); настойчиво утверждать (on, upon) to insist absolutely, definitely, positively ≈ упорно настаивать to insist stubbornly …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DOING — сущ. 1) мн. дела, действия, поведение, поступки fine doings these! ≈ хорошенькие дела творятся! I have heard of your doings …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ON — on.ogg 1. ɒn a 1. ближний, внутренний the on side - более близкая ( к собеседнику, зрителю и т. п. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
INSIST — insist.ogg ınʹsıst v 1> настойчиво утверждать, настаивать to insist on the importance of smth. - подчёркивать необходимость чего-л. to insist …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DOING — 1. ʹdu(:)ıŋ n 1. делание; дело talking is one thing, doing is another - одно дело - говорить, совсем другое …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ON — 1. ɒn a 1. ближний, внутренний the on side - более близкая ( к собеседнику, зрителю и т. п. ) …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
INSIST — v 1> настойчиво утверждать, настаивать to insist on the importance of smth. - подчёркивать необходимость чего-л. to insist on one's …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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