Meaning & use
Insisting
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Demanding something forcefully, or firmly maintaining a statement or course of action despite opposition.
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He kept insisting that he was right, even after being shown the evidence.
She was insisting on paying for dinner.
A note on using this word
Comes from Latin 'insistere', 'to stand upon' or 'persist'.
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