transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪnsɪst ]
( insists, insisting, insisted)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you insist that something should be done, you say so very firmly and refuse to give in about it. If you insist on something, you say firmly that it must be done or provided.
My family insisted that I should not give in, but stay and fight...
She insisted on being present at all the interviews...
I didn’t want to join in, but Kenneth insisted.
VERB : V that , V on -ing / n , V
2.
If you insist that something is the case, you say so very firmly and refuse to say otherwise, even though other people do not believe you.
The president insisted that he was acting out of compassion, not opportunism...
‘It’s not that difficult,’ she insists...
Crippen insisted on his innocence.
VERB : V that , V with quote , V on n