insist

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

verb

1. be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge (Freq. 59)
- I must insist!
• Syn:
take a firm stand
• Derivationally related forms:
insistence
• Hyponyms:
stand pat, stand firm, hold firm, stand fast, assert,
asseverate, maintain
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s on something
2. beg persistently and urgently (Freq. 4)
- I importune you to help them
• Syn:
importune
• Derivationally related forms:
insisting, insistence
• Hypernyms:
beg, implore, pray
• Hyponyms:
besiege
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- They insist to move
3. assert to be true (Freq. 1)
- The letter asserts a free society
• Syn:
assert
• Derivationally related forms:
assertable (for: assert), assertion (for: assert)
• Hypernyms:
postulate, posit
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- They insist that there was a traffic accident

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  assert, importune, take a firm stand