<p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to be emphatic, firm, or resolute on some matter of desire, demand, intention, etc.: He insists on checking every shipment.</li><li>to lay emphasis in assertion: to insist on the justice of a claim.</li><li>to dwell with earnestness or emphasis (usually followed by on or upon): to insist on a point in a discussion.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to assert or maintain firmly: He insists that he saw the ghosts.</li><li>to demand or persist in demanding: I insist that you see this thing through.</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms</strong></p><ul><li>require, urge</li></ul>