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# insistence

«insistence» in Mova's school dictionary: **Demanding something firmly and not giving up** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (insistence — uncountable; an insistence)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Demanding something firmly and not giving up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insistence/#m1)

2) Saying firmly again and again that something is true. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insistence/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and everyday life, a character's insistence gets things done or causes arguments: «at my mum's insistence, I wore a coat». Phrases: at someone's insistence, insistence on, insistence that.

### examples

- At Dad's insistence, we all wore helmets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insistence/#x1)
- Her insistence on fairness made her a good captain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insistence/#x2)
- Despite his insistence that he was innocent, he was blamed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insistence/#x3)
- The teacher's insistence on neat work helped us improve. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insistence/#x4)
- At my insistence, we stopped for ice cream. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insistence/#x5)
- The family went to church every Sunday at Grandma's insistence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insistence/#x6)

### note

Verb «insist» (insist on, insist that); adjective «insistent». Spelling: «-ence», not «-ance».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «insistence» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insistence/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.