firm

Plural: firms

Noun

• the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments
• A business partnership; the name under which it trades.
• A business enterprise, however organized.
• A criminal gang, especially based around football hooliganism.

Verb

Verb Forms: firmed, firming, firms

• To make or become solid, steady, or resolute.
• become taut or tauter
  • "Your muscles will firm when you exercise regularly"
• make taut or tauter
• To make firm or strong; fix securely.
• To make compact or resistant to pressure; solidify.
• To become firm; stabilise.
• To improve after decline.
• To shorten (of betting odds).
• To grit one's teeth and bear; to push through something unpleasant.
• 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 Satellite

• marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
  • "firm convictions"
  • "a firm mouth"
• not soft or yielding to pressure
  • "a firm mattress"
  • "the snow was firm underfoot"
• strong and sure
  • "a firm grasp"
• not subject to revision or change
  • "a firm contract"
  • "a firm offer"
• (of especially a person's physical features) not shaking or trembling
  • "his voice was firm and confident"
  • "a firm step"
• not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall
  • "stocks are still firm"
• securely established
  • "holds a firm position as the country's leading poet"
• possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue
  • "firm muscles"
• securely fixed in place
  • "the post was still firm after being hit by the car"
• unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause; ; ; - Campaign song for William Henry Harrison
  • "a firm ally"

Adverb

• with resolute determination
  • "we firmly believed it"
  • "you must stand firm"

Adj

• Steadfast, secure, solid (in position)
• Fixed (in opinion).
• Insistent upon something, not accepting dissent.
• Durable, rigid (material state).
• Mentally resistant to hurt or stress.
• Not frivolous or fallacious; trustworthy; solid; dependable.

Adv

• firmly, steadily

Adjective

• Solid and unyielding to pressure; steadfast and resolute.

Examples

• a firm believer; a firm friend; a firm adherent
• firm favourites
• firm flesh; firm muscles, firm wood; firm land (i.e. not soft and marshy)
• He wanted to stay overnight, but I was firm with him and said he had to leave today.
• His firm resolve ensured he wouldn’t give up, even when trailing in Words With Friends.
• I know you aren't feeling well, but just firm it.
• It's good to have a firm grip when shaking hands.
• She needed to firm up her strategy if she wanted to win the Scrabble tournament.

Synonyms

business firm, fast, firmly, house, immobile, loyal, solid, steadfast, steadfastly, steady, stiff, strong, tauten, truehearted, unbendable, unfaltering, unfluctuating, unshakable, unwavering, unwaveringly, business, company, decided, enterprise, firm

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