Dictionary Entry
insist
insist is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as intransitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To stand or rest; to find support; -- with in, on, or upon. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To stand or rest; to find support; -- with in, on, or upon.
- 2intransitive verb
To take a stand and refuse to give way; to hold to something firmly or determinedly; to be persistent, urgent, or pressing; to persist in demanding; -- followed by on, upon, or that; as, he insisted on these conditions; he insisted on going at once; he insists that he must have money.
- 3verb
assert to be true
"The letter asserts a free society"
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- 4verb
beg persistently and urgently
"I importune you to help them"
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- 5verb
be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
"I must insist!"
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