insist
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insist (3ª persona sing. presente insists, participio presente insisting, passato semplice e participio passato insisted)
- (seguito da on, upon o da that + indicativo) insistere, sostenere con convinzione
- I insist on my client's innocence. "Insisto sull'innocenza del mio cliente."
- (seguito da on, upon o da that + congiuntivo) insistere, chiedere, esigere
- The party insists that the President resign. "Il partito insiste affinché il Presidente si dimetta."
IPA: /ɪnˈsɪst/ Ascolta la pronuncia :
dal francese insister o direttamente dal latino insistere
- WordReference.com, Versione on-line Inglese-Italiano
- Il Sansoni, Inglese edizione on-line da "www.corriere.it"
- Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Dictionary versione on-line
- Dictionary.com, lemma insist
- Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary