INSISTENCE


Meaning of INSISTENCE in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ dogged , dogmatic , stubborn

▪ constant , continued , repeated

their repeated ~ that the trial be held in a US court

▪ earlier

VERB + INSISTENCE

▪ abandon , drop

The union has dropped its earlier ~ that workers should receive bonus payments.

PREPOSITION

▪ at sb's ~ , on sb's ~

At the ~ of his father, he bought himself a new suit.

▪ ~ by

the ~ by the government that 25% of all household waste be recycled

▪ ~ on , ~ upon

an ~ upon the highest standards of grammatical correctness

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .