English Explanatory Dictionary

insist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To hold up a claim emphatically.
  2. To demand continually that something happen or be done; to reiterate a demand despite requests to abandon it.
  3. To stand (on); to rest (upon); to lean (upon).

Pronunciation

/ɪnˈsɪst/ en-us-insist1.ogg En-us-insist.ogg

Word forms

insist insists insisting insisted

Etymology

Partly from Middle French insister, from Latin īnsistere; and partly from a back-formation from insistence. Compare typologically from the same PIE root Bulgarian настоявам (nastojavam), Russian наста́ивать (nastáivatʹ).

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