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How to pronounce “firm”
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Pronunciation guide for firm
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of firm with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Understanding Autism
But you want to hold in kind of a firm hold and with--
- Definition summary
- (UK, business) A business partnership; the name under which it trades.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce firm
Understanding Autism
But you want to hold in kind of a firm hold and with--
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “firm”
Meaning
- [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.
- [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.
- Not frivolous or fallacious; trustworthy; solid; dependable.
- [Adverb]
- (now rare) firmly, steadily
- [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, colloquial) To grit one's teeth and bear; to push through something unpleasant.
- (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.
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