firm
IPA: fˈɝm
noun
- (UK, business) A business partnership; the name under which it trades.
- (business, economics) A business enterprise, however organized.
- (slang) A criminal gang, especially based around football hooliganism.
verb
- (transitive) To make firm or strong; fix securely.
- (transitive) To make compact or resistant to pressure; solidify.
- (intransitive) To become firm; stabilise.
- (intransitive) To improve after decline.
- (intransitive, Australia) To shorten (of betting odds).
- (transitive, UK, slang) To select (a higher education institution) as one's preferred choice, so as to enrol automatically if one's grades match the conditional offer.
adjective
- Steadfast, secure, solid (in position)
- Fixed (in opinion).
- Insistent upon something, not accepting dissent.
- Durable, rigid (material state).
- Mentally resistant to hurt or stress.
adverb
- (now rare) firmly, steadily
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Examples of "firm" in Sentences
- His props are steady and firm.
- The name of justice is firmness.
- They are not inviolable and firm.
- Chapman was the businessman of the firm.
- In the meantime, the firm had prospered.
- The embouchure must be firm but relaxed.
- The consumers of the labor market are firms.
- The firm hired the American Bridge Company to construct the bridge.
- A business plan is presented by the attendant of the venture to the VC firm.
- Parrot and Company, of San Francisco was a major landholder and banking firm.
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