Meaning

7 senses
  1. (transitive)To make firm or strong; fix securely.

  2. (transitive)To make compact or resistant to pressure; solidify.

  3. (intransitive)To become firm; stabilise.

    become taut or tauter

  4. (intransitive)To improve after decline.

  5. (Australia, intransitive)To shorten (of betting odds).

  6. (colloquial, transitive)To grit one's teeth and bear; to push through something unpleasant.

    I know you aren't feeling well, but just firm it.

  7. (UK, slang, transitive)To select (a higher education institution) as one's preferred choice, so as to enrol automatically if one's grades match the conditional offer.

Examples

346 sentences
  1. He had worked for the law firm for six years.

    Протягом шести років він працював на юридичну компанію.

    deEr hatte sechs Jahre für die Anwaltskanzlei gearbeitet.

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  2. He took charge of the firm after his father's death.

    Після смерті батька він узявся керувати фірмою.

    ruПосле смерти отца он взялся управлять фирмой.

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  3. The firm is under foreign management.

    ruЭта фирма управляется из-за границы.

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  4. This firm has a hundred employees.

    deDiese Firma hat hundert Angestellte.

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  5. I'm working for a trading firm.

    ruЯ работаю в торговой фирме.

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Translations

3 languages

Origin

From Middle English fermen (“to make firm”), partly from (either through Old French fermer

From Middle English fermen (“to make firm”), partly from (either through Old French fermer or directly) Latin firmō, from firmus (“firm”, adjective), and partly a new formation on the adjective.

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Forms

firms, firming, firmed, firmed
Base formfirm · to firm
3rd person singularfirms
Present participlefirming
Past simplefirmed
Past participlefirmed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfirm
he, she, itfirms

Past simpleLesson

all personsfirmed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave firmed
he, she, ithas firmed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill firm

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words

See also

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