firm
Meaning of firm
adjective
- having a solid, almost unyielding surface or structure.
the bed should be reasonably firm, but not too hard
- strongly felt and unlikely to change.
he retains a firm belief in the efficacy of prayer
- make more solid or resilient.
how can I firm up a sagging bustline?
- in a resolute and determined manner.
the Chancellor has held firm to tough economic policies
Middle English: from Old French ferme, from Latin firmus .
noun- a business concern, especially one involving a partnership of two or more people.
state support for small firms
a law firm
late 16th century: from Spanish and Italian firma, from medieval Latin, from Latin firmare ‘fix, settle’ (in late Latin ‘confirm by signature’), from firmus ‘firm’; compare with farm. The word originally denoted one's autograph or signature; later (mid 18th century) the name under which the business of a firm was transacted, hence the firm itself (late 18th century).
Information about firm
- The plural form of firm is: firms.
- Languages in which firm is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of firm
firm
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 letters.
- firm is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
firm synonyms
Meaning steadfast:
steadfast, steady, stiff, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwavering
Meaning solid:
Meaning strong:
Meaning steady:
Meaning established:
Meaning crisp:
Meaning fast:
Meaning loyal:
Meaning house:
Meaning tauten:
Meaning firmly:
firmly, steadfastly, unwaveringly
Meaning solid, firm, and rigid; not easily broken, bent, or pierced:
Meaning (of a mass or structure) not giving way to pressure; hard or solid:
Meaning offering resistance to something or someone:
Meaning make or become hard or solid:
Meaning having become or been made hard or harder:
Meaning firmly packed or pressed together; compressed:
Meaning flattened by pressure; squeezed or pressed together:
Meaning made denser or more concise; compressed or concentrated:
Meaning closely compacted in substance:
Meaning unable to bend or be forced out of shape; not flexible:
Meaning unwilling to change or compromise:
Meaning (of a substance or material) not elastic:
Meaning (of an area or route) suitable or safe for walking:
Meaning having become semi-solid, especially on cooling:
Meaning (of a liquid) having turned into ice as a result of extreme cold:
Meaning put, lay, or stand (something) in a specified place or position:
Meaning (of a liquid or semi-liquid substance) set or become more solid:
Meaning covered with or full of small pieces of rock:
Meaning resembling steel in colour, brightness, or strength:
Meaning unable to be broken:
Meaning a commercial business:
Meaning a commercial operation or company:
Meaning a business:
Meaning a business or company:
Meaning a risky or daring journey or undertaking:
Meaning a formal pledge or promise to do something:
Meaning a business organization, public institution, or household:
Meaning an organized group of people with a particular purpose, such as a business or government department:
Meaning a large company or group of companies authorized to act as a single entity and recognized as such in law:
Meaning a large corporation formed by the merging of separate and diverse firms:
Meaning an authorization granted by a government or company to an individual or group enabling them to carry out specified commercial activities, for example acting as an agent for a company's products:
Meaning a farm, business, or other organization which is owned and run jointly by its members, who share the profits or benefits:
Meaning a room, set of rooms, or building used as a place for commercial, professional, or bureaucratic work:
Meaning an office or department for transacting particular business:
Meaning the action of helping or doing work for someone:
Meaning a business or organization providing a particular service on behalf of another business, person, or group:
Meaning the business or premises of a doctor or lawyer:
Meaning a business or firm owned and run by two or more partners:
Meaning an association, typically of several companies:
Meaning a group of individuals or organizations combined to promote a common interest:
Meaning a group of people undertaking a particular activity together, especially a group of musicians, a team, or a business concern:
Meaning a building or part of a building where goods or services are sold:
firm antonyms
Meaning easy to mould, cut, compress, or fold; not hard or firm to the touch:
Meaning (of a substance or object) giving way under pressure; not hard or rigid:
Translation of firm
- French: entreprise, firme, boîte, société, boite, dur, site, ferme, fort, solide
- Italian: impresa, aziende, società, azienda, solido, duro, fermo, immobile, stabile, risoluto, irremovibile, determinato, forte
- Portuguese: empresas, duro, firme
- German: Firma, Unternehmen, Betrieb, hart, fest, unnachgiebig, steinern, starr, ehern, steif, kompakt
- Spanish: empresa, compañía, firma, corporación, duro, establecimiento, sitio, firme, inmóvil, fuerte, sólido
Anagrams of firm
Words that rhyme with firm
obfirm, windfirm, affirm, counteraffirm, disaffirm, misaffirm, overaffirm, preaffirm, reaffirm, confirm, disconfirm, enfirm, inconfirm, infirm, noconfirm, preconfirm, reconfirm, unconfirm, unfirm, interfirm, superfirm
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