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How to pronounce “insist”
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Pronunciation guide for insist
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- Practice the English pronunciation of insist with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- The Witches: Salem, 1692
those who insist on their innocence, who
- Definition summary
- (with (that + indicative) or intransitive, with on or upon) To hold up a claim emphatically.
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How to pronounce insist
The Witches: Salem, 1692
those who insist on their innocence, who
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “insist”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (with (that + indicative) or intransitive, with on or upon) To hold up a claim emphatically.
- (sometimes with (that + subjunctive) or intransitive, with on or upon) To demand continually that something happen or be done; to reiterate a demand despite requests to abandon it.
- (obsolete, chiefly geometry) To stand (on); to rest (upon); to lean (upon).
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