Past tense of insist
regular verb
The past tense of insist is insisted. The past participle is also insisted.
Forms of insist
| Base form (V1) | insist /ɪnˈsɪst/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | insisted /ɪnˈsɪstɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | insisted /ɪnˈsɪstɪd/ |
| Present participle | insisting /ɪnˈsɪstɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | insists /ɪnˈsɪsts/ |
Insisted in a sentence
- The defendant insisted on his innocence.
- The Prime Minister insisted on his Chancellor's resignation.
- The government insisted that the embarrassing loss of the tax records was a one-off event.From the entry one-off
- The house was on fire, but Alex still insisted to complete that game before evacuating. Priorities.From the entry priorities
- Resignedly, I telegraphed back that it was all right with me if he insisted.From the entry resignedly
Meaning of insist
- verb To hold up a claim emphatically.
- verb To demand continually that something happen or be done; to reiterate a demand despite requests to abandon it.
- verb To stand (on); to rest (upon); to lean (upon).
Questions about the past tense of insist
- What is the past tense of insist?
- The past tense of insist is insisted.
- What is the past participle of insist?
- The past participle of insist is insisted.
- Is insist a regular or irregular verb?
- Insist is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: insist (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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