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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "frm",
"3": "insister"
},
"expansion": "Middle French insister",
"name": "bor"
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{
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"2": "la",
"3": "īnsistō",
"4": "īnsistere"
},
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"etymology_text": "Partly from Middle French insister, from Latin īnsistere; and partly from a back-formation from insistence.",
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"present",
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{
"text": "The defendant insisted on his innocence.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "I insist that my secretary dresses nicely.\n(that is, I am defending her and claiming that she does; compare the subjunctive below.)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2013 June 22, “Engineers of a different kind”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 70",
"text": "Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster.",
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"(with on or upon or (that + indicative)) To hold up a claim emphatically.",
"To hold up a claim emphatically."
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"upon"
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"that"
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[
"hold up",
"hold up"
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[
"claim",
"claim"
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[
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"(with on or upon or (that + indicative)) To hold up a claim emphatically."
],
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"roman": "ʔaṣarra",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "أَصَرَّ"
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"roman": "pndel",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "պնդել"
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nastojavam",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "настоявам"
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"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "insistir"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "堅持"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiānchí",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "坚持"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "trvat na"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "insistere"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "blijven bij"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "volhouden"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "met klem beweren"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "erop staan"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "aandringen"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "insisti"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "vakuuttaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "vaatia"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "inttää"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "insister"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "insistir"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "porfiar"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "teimar"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "auf etwas bestehen"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "beharren"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "insistieren"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "epiméno",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "επιμένω"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "kitart"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "ragaszkodik"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "bersikeras"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "insistere"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"alt": "しゅちょうする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shuchō suru",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "主張する"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jujang-hada",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "주장하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "efflāgitō"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "teneo"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "nastójuva",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "насто́јува"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "whakanonoi"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "esrâr kardan",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "اصرار کردن"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "pâfevâri kardan",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "پافشاری کردن"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "insistir"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "insista"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nastáivatʹ",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "наста́ивать"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"alt": "на чём-то",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "настоя́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ustrajati"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ustrajavati"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "insistirati"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "inzistirati"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "trvať (na)"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "insistir"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "empeñarse"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "paṭṭubaṭṭu",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "పట్టుబట్టు"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "ısrar etmek"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "bastırmak"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "üstelemek"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "yinelemek"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "napoljaháty",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "наполяга́ти"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "napoljahtý",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "наполягти́"
}
]
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"text": "The Prime Minister insisted on his Chancellor's resignation.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "The Prime Minister insisted that his Chancellor resign.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "I insist that my secretary dress nicely.\n(that is, I require her to do so; compare the use of the indicative above.)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "I know I promised to pay you back tomorrow, but it's not very convenient for me. Can we put it off to Friday? —I'm afraid I have to insist on what we agreed.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"(sometimes with on or upon or (that + subjunctive)) To demand continually that something happen or be done; to reiterate a demand despite requests to abandon it.",
"To demand continually that something happen or be done; to reiterate a demand despite requests to abandon it."
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"(sometimes with on or upon or (that + subjunctive)) To demand continually that something happen or be done; to reiterate a demand despite requests to abandon it."
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"_dis1": "6 90 3",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔalaḥḥa",
"sense": "to demand that something be done",
"word": "أَلَحَّ"
},
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "pndel",
"sense": "to demand that something be done",
"word": "պնդել"
},
{
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to demand that something be done",
"word": "insistir"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 90 3",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to demand that something be done",
"word": "insistere"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 90 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to demand that something be done",
"word": "vaatia"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 90 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to demand that something be done",
"word": "insistir"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 90 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to demand that something be done",
"word": "teimar"
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{
"_dis1": "6 90 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to demand that something be done",
"word": "porfiar"
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"_dis1": "6 90 3",
"code": "it",
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"sense": "to demand that something be done",
"word": "insistere"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 90 3",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "tɔtuuc",
"sense": "to demand that something be done",
"word": "ទទូច"
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"sense": "to demand that something be done",
"word": "насто́јува"
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"_dis1": "6 90 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to demand that something be done",
"word": "ungaunga"
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{
"_dis1": "6 90 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to demand that something be done",
"word": "whakanonoi"
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{
"_dis1": "6 90 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to demand that something be done",
"word": "nalegać"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 90 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to demand that something be done",
"word": "ustrajati"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 90 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to demand that something be done",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ustrajavati"
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"_dis1": "6 90 3",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "napoljaháty",
"sense": "to demand that something be done",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "наполяга́ти"
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{
"_dis1": "6 90 3",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "napoljahtý",
"sense": "to demand that something be done",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"word": "наполягти́"
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"ref": "1709, Venturus Mandey, Synopsis Mathematica Universalis",
"text": "Angles likewise which insist on the Diameter, are all Right Angles.",
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"To stand (on); to rest (upon); to lean (upon)."
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"(obsolete, chiefly geometry) To stand (on); to rest (upon); to lean (upon)."
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{
"text": "The defendant insisted on his innocence.",
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{
"text": "I insist that my secretary dresses nicely.\n(that is, I am defending her and claiming that she does; compare the subjunctive below.)",
"type": "example"
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{
"ref": "2013 June 22, “Engineers of a different kind”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 70",
"text": "Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster.",
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"(with on or upon or (that + indicative)) To hold up a claim emphatically.",
"To hold up a claim emphatically."
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[
"that",
"that"
],
[
"hold up",
"hold up"
],
[
"claim",
"claim"
],
[
"emphatic",
"emphatic"
]
],
"qualifier": "with on or upon or (that + indicative)",
"raw_glosses": [
"(with on or upon or (that + indicative)) To hold up a claim emphatically."
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The Prime Minister insisted on his Chancellor's resignation.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "The Prime Minister insisted that his Chancellor resign.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "I insist that my secretary dress nicely.\n(that is, I require her to do so; compare the use of the indicative above.)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "I know I promised to pay you back tomorrow, but it's not very convenient for me. Can we put it off to Friday? —I'm afraid I have to insist on what we agreed.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"(sometimes with on or upon or (that + subjunctive)) To demand continually that something happen or be done; to reiterate a demand despite requests to abandon it.",
"To demand continually that something happen or be done; to reiterate a demand despite requests to abandon it."
],
"links": [
[
"on",
"on"
],
[
"upon",
"upon"
],
[
"that",
"that"
],
[
"demand",
"demand"
],
[
"continual",
"continual"
]
],
"qualifier": "sometimes with on or upon or (that + subjunctive)",
"raw_glosses": [
"(sometimes with on or upon or (that + subjunctive)) To demand continually that something happen or be done; to reiterate a demand despite requests to abandon it."
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English terms with quotations",
"en:Geometry"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1709, Venturus Mandey, Synopsis Mathematica Universalis",
"text": "Angles likewise which insist on the Diameter, are all Right Angles.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To stand (on); to rest (upon); to lean (upon)."
],
"links": [
[
"geometry",
"geometry"
],
[
"stand",
"stand"
],
[
"rest",
"rest"
],
[
"lean",
"lean"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete, chiefly geometry) To stand (on); to rest (upon); to lean (upon)."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"topics": [
"geometry",
"mathematics",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɪnˈsɪst/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪst"
},
{
"homophone": "encyst"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-insist1.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/22/En-us-insist1.ogg/En-us-insist1.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/En-us-insist1.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"audio": "En-us-insist.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/40/En-us-insist.ogg/En-us-insist.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/En-us-insist.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔaṣarra",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "أَصَرَّ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "pndel",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "պնդել"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nastojavam",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "настоявам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "insistir"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "堅持"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiānchí",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "坚持"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "trvat na"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "insistere"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "blijven bij"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "volhouden"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "met klem beweren"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "erop staan"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "aandringen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "insisti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "vakuuttaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "vaatia"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "inttää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "insister"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "insistir"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "porfiar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "teimar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "auf etwas bestehen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "beharren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "insistieren"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "epiméno",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "επιμένω"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "kitart"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "ragaszkodik"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "bersikeras"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "insistere"
},
{
"alt": "しゅちょうする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shuchō suru",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "主張する"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jujang-hada",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "주장하다"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "efflāgitō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "teneo"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "nastójuva",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "насто́јува"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "whakanonoi"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "esrâr kardan",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "اصرار کردن"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "pâfevâri kardan",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "پافشاری کردن"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "insistir"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "insista"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nastáivatʹ",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "наста́ивать"
},
{
"alt": "на чём-то",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "настоя́ть"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ustrajati"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ustrajavati"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "insistirati"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "inzistirati"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "trvať (na)"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "insistir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "empeñarse"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "paṭṭubaṭṭu",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "పట్టుబట్టు"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "ısrar etmek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "bastırmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "üstelemek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "yinelemek"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "napoljaháty",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"word": "наполяга́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "napoljahtý",
"sense": "to hold up a claim emphatically",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "наполягти́"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔalaḥḥa",
"sense": "to demand that something be done",
"word": "أَلَحَّ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "pndel",
"sense": "to demand that something be done",
"word": "պնդել"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to demand that something be done",
"word": "insistir"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to demand that something be done",
"word": "insistere"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to demand that something be done",
"word": "vaatia"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to demand that something be done",
"word": "insistir"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to demand that something be done",
"word": "teimar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to demand that something be done",
"word": "porfiar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to demand that something be done",
"word": "insistere"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "tɔtuuc",
"sense": "to demand that something be done",
"word": "ទទូច"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "nastójuva",
"sense": "to demand that something be done",
"word": "насто́јува"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to demand that something be done",
"word": "ungaunga"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to demand that something be done",
"word": "whakanonoi"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to demand that something be done",
"word": "nalegać"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to demand that something be done",
"word": "ustrajati"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to demand that something be done",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ustrajavati"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "napoljaháty",
"sense": "to demand that something be done",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "наполяга́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "napoljahtý",
"sense": "to demand that something be done",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "наполягти́"
}
],
"word": "insist"
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2028",
"msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": nastojátʹ (na čom-to) vs. на чём-то",
"path": [
"insist"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "insist",
"trace": ""
}
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