insistere — meaning in English

English meaning

• insist verb To state something firmly and repeatedly, refusing to accept disagreement.
• push verb To apply force to something so it moves away from you.
• stress noun A feeling of mental or emotional strain caused by pressure or difficult circumstances.
• urge noun A strong impulse or desire to do something.

Senses

insistere is used for these senses in English:

• push (intransitive) To continue to attempt to persuade a person into a particular course of action.
• stress (transitive) To emphasise (a syllable of a word).
• stress (transitive) To emphasise (a point) in an argument or discussion.

push — full definition

1. verb To apply force to something so it moves away from you.
2. verb To keep pressuring or persuading someone toward a course of action.
3. verb To promote or advertise something persistently.
4. verb To keep striving hard toward a goal.
5. noun A short, forceful application of pressure; the act of pushing.

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