English-Thai Dictionary
insistence
N การยืนกราน คำยืนยัน kan-yean-kan
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
INSISTENCE
INSISTENCE In *sist "ence, n.
Defn: The quality of insisting, or being urgent or pressing; the act of dwelling upon as of special importance; persistence; urgency.
New American Oxford Dictionary
insistence
in sist ence |inˈsistəns ɪnˈsɪstəns | ▶noun the fact or quality of insisting that something is the case or should be done: his insistence on unilateral nuclear disarmament. DERIVATIVES in sis ten cy noun
Oxford Dictionary
insistence
in ¦sist |ence |ɪnˈsɪst (ə )ns | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the fact or quality of insisting that something is the case or should be done: Alison's insistence on doing the washing-up straight after the meal. DERIVATIVES insistency noun
Oxford Thesaurus
insistence
insistence noun 1 she sat beside Julia at Anne's insistence: demand, bidding, command, dictate, instruction, requirement, request, entreaty, urging, exhortation, importuning; informal say-so, arm-twisting; literary behest, hest. 2 there was too much vehemence in his insistence that he loved her: assertion, declaration, contention, statement, claim, proclamation, announcement, pronouncement, assurance, attestation, affirmation, avowal, averment, profession, swearing, emphasis, stress; rare maintenance, asseveration.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
insistence
in sis tence /ɪnsɪ́st (ə )ns /→insist 名詞 複 ~s /-ɪz /U ⦅主に書 ⦆〖通例one 's ~〗 «…という /…の » (強い )主張 ; 強要, 無理強い ; こだわり, 固執 «that 節 /on (do ing )» (!(1 )具体例では C 単数形で, that節 on (doing )を続ける. (2 )that節内のshouldの省略については →should 助動詞 語法 ) ▸ the lawyer's insistence on A's innocence Aは無罪だという弁護士の強い主張 ▸ at A's insistence ≒at the insistence of A A 〈人 〉が強く言うので