Insisted I ɪnˈsɪst Wearing Suit Insists Verb Stay

• i didn't really want to go but he insisted.
• stay and have lunch. i insist!
• ‘please come with us.’ ‘very well then, if you insist.’
• she insisted on him wearing a suit

insist

Verb Forms

1. to demand that something happen or that somebody agree to do something
• I didn't really want to go but he insisted.
• Stay and have lunch. I insist!
• ‘Please come with us.’ ‘Very well then, if you insist.’
• She insisted on him wearing a suit
• She insisted on his wearing a suit
• He insists that she come.
• He insists that she should come.

Extra Examples

• He quietly but firmly insisted.
• I'm paying for this—no, I absolutely insist.
• The company insisted that the money be paid immediately.
2. to state clearly that something is true, especially when other people do not believe you
• He insisted on his innocence.
• He insisted (that) he was innocent.
• The government has always insisted that this was not the case.
• ‘It's true,’ she insisted.

Extra Examples

• She loudly insisted that she had a right to stay.
• She still insists her critics are wrong.
• Jackson has repeatedly insisted that the allegations were false.

Word Origin

• late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘persist, persevere’): from Latin insistere ‘persist’, from in- ‘upon’ + sistere ‘stand’.