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firm (fʉrm)

adjective

  1. not yielding easily under pressure; solid; hard
  2. not moved or shaken easily; fixed; stable
  3. continued steadily; remaining the same a firm friendship
  4. unchanging; resolute; constant a firm faith
  5. showing determination, strength, etc. a firm command
  6. legally or formally concluded; definite; final a firm contract, a firm order
  7. Commerce not rising or falling very much; steady: said of prices, etc.

Etymology: ME ferm < OFr < L firmus < IE base *dher-, to hold, support > Sans dhárma, precept, law, Gr thronos, armchair

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to make or become firm, or solid, steady, stable, definite, etc.: often with up

Related Forms:

firm Idioms

stand firm

or hold firm
to be or remain steadfast in conviction despite attack, efforts to persuade, etc.
firm2 definition

firm (fʉrm)

noun

  1. a business company or partnership of two or more persons
  2. popularly any business company, whether or not unincorporated

Etymology: It firma, signature, hence title of a business < L firmare, to strengthen < firmus: see firm

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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