what do you mean by insist?

Answer 1

I insist that you have good manners.

Answer 2

I'm not sure what your question is asking so I must "insist" that you rephrase it and resubmit it as soon as possible. In other words, I am pushing you to do something.

Answer 3

The word insist means to require or demand something.

"I insist that the invitation be worded this way." --Means that I require that the wording be this way, or I demand it be this way.

"I insist on wearing this dress."--means that I will wear this dress, (no matter what someone else wants)

"We insist that you go." --means that we require you to go or demand that you go.

in·sist /ɪnˈsɪst/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[in-sist] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–verb (used without object)
1. to be emphatic, firm, or resolute on some matter of desire, demand, intention, etc.: He insists on checking every shipment.
2. to lay emphasis in assertion: to insist on the justice of a claim.
3. to dwell with earnestness or emphasis (usually fol. by on or upon): to insist on a point in a discussion.
–verb (used with object)
4. to assert or maintain firmly: He insists that he saw the ghosts.
5. to demand or persist in demanding: I insist that you see this thing through.
[Origin: 1580–90; < L insistere to stand still on, persist in, equiv. to in- in-2 + sistere to stand, make stand, reduplicated deriv. from base of stāre to stand]

—Related forms
in·sist·er, noun
in·sist·ing·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 5. urge, require.