There are three syllables in the word insisted.(In - sis - ted).
The word insisted is a verb. Mom insisted I stay home. I insisted I had to be home early.
Sam insisted he was right. My sister insisted on having cake for breakfast. My mother insisted we were going to be late. Yesterday, I insisted that we had lunch early. My mother insisted that I take an umbrella as she thought that it would rain.
Answer: It is Filipino and means: 'insisted'
insisted stated replied remarked
Neither. We say "insisted on using..."
When they realised that he was innocent his lawyers insisted that he should be freed immediately.
Bob still insisted that Rosie's tripping on his banana peel was not his fault.
The Australian mother insisted on her son's public vindication after the allegation of unlawful coercion.
Mother adamantly insisted that I wear my boots, and now look, it's raining.
She insisted that I read the cloying romance novels.The cloying smell of incense filled the room.
He always resented the rug she insisted on having in the bedroom.The tax man is a very resented person.