
Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): insistence, insist, insistent, insistently
Xem thêm: insisting, imperativeness, insistency, press, pressure, insistency
insistence noun
ADJ. strict | gentle | earlier, previous
VERB + INSISTENCE abandon, drop The union has dropped its earlier insistence that workers should receive bonus payments.
PREP. at/on sb's ~ At the insistence of his father, he bought himself a new suit. | ~ by insistence by the government that 25% of all household waste be recycled | ~ on/upon an insistence upon the highest standards of grammatical correctness
n.
the insistence of their hunger
the press of business matters
insistence on grammatical correctness is a conservative position