firm

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A business partnership; the name under which it trades.
2. A business enterprise, however organized.
3. (slang) A criminal gang, especially based around football hooliganism.

Adj

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

Adv

firmly, steadily

Verb

1. To make firm or strong; fix securely.
2. To make compact or resistant to pressure; solidify.
3. To become firm; stabilise.
4. To improve after decline.
5. To shorten (of betting odds).
6. (colloquial) To grit one's teeth and bear; to push through something unpleasant.
7. (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.

Sinonieme

solid

strong

hard

steady

company

stable

steadfast

fixed

resolute

stiff

enterprise

corporation

tight

determined

business

sturdy

constant

concern

tough

secure

unyielding

fast

establishment

rigid

durable

permanent

firmly

immovable

unwavering

robust

unshakable

staunch

stout

settled

sound

🔉

inflexible

difficult

stubborn

adamant

safe

unflinching

business firm

house

🏠

decisive

definite

reliable

strict

uncompromising

stern

consistent

compact

unswerving

unshaken

sure

substantial

tauten

trading company

steadily

stationary

incorporation

decided

severe

immobile

harden

tense

tenacious

stout-hearted

taut

dense

sturdily

expensive

💰

unbendable

resistant

unfaltering

unfluctuating

venture

set

solidify

loyal

stanch

foursquare

steadfastly

become hard

calm

unmoving

undertaking

final

resolutely

unbending

sharp

firmness

truehearted

definitive

close

crisp

become firm

be steady

hearty

intense

positive

strengthen

established

thick

burly

coherent

persistent

lasting

store

persist

persevering

office

🏢

obstinate

perpetual

association

partnership

motionless

strong-minded

strive

unwaveringly

untiring

agency

rugged

unshakeable

immoveable

imperishable

restrict

rigidify

rigor

rigour

rock-ribbed

rocky

secureness

seeking

self-possessed

settle

settle down

settle on

shop

shrine

sincere

single-minded

small

snug

sold

solidity

squarely

stab

stability

stabilization

stabilize

staid

static

steadfastness

steadiness

steely

sterling

stiffen

still

stocky

stodgy

stoical

straighten

straightforwardly

stretched

stringent

stuffy

supple

supplier

supporting

sure-footed

sustainable

swell

take care

tautly

tighten

tight-fitting

become solid

tradename

trouble-free

true-blue

try

unalterable

unbent

unblinking

unchangeable

unchanging

undertakings

undisturbed

unfailing

unified

united

unmovable

unmoved

unperturbed

unshrinking

vehement

ventures

vigorous

well-developed

wilful

be established

be firm

be prosperous

be settled

business organization

grow strong

iron-bound

public-spirited

solid ground

stubborn person

be hard

with a vengeance

company office

crack

safety

steadfast person

be immovable

be stable

hold firmly

be rigid

rocklike

disposed to stand

make strong

not assailable

not fallen

not loose

not staggering

not transient

not turning away

possessed of firmness

commercial firm

business organisation

rock-steady

undestroyable

trading house

fast coupling

be stablished

hard and solid

business ventures

standard

well-toned

abiding

able-bodied

absolute

absolutely

affirmative

ardent

arrange

associate

attempt

be

bearing

be fast

bid

brawny

break

brittle

bullish

business house

business venture

careful

certain

close-fitting

coarse

companies

companion

competitive

composed

concluded

conclusive

concrete

confine

constancy

content

convincing

crew

crispy

crowd

crumbly

crunchy

cut

decide

deep

deep-rooted

deep-seated

doggedly

down

earnest

emphatic

endure

enduring

engaged

ensemble

enterprises

equable

erect

essay

everlasting

extreme

fail-safe

family

👪

fastness

fervent

fervid

firm up

fix

fixedly

fleshy

fling

foray

fortitude

frozen

gathering

generous

go

gritty

grow

gutsy

hardbitten

hardened

hard-headed

hardness

heady

heard

heavy

heavy-duty

hefty

hidebound

hierarchy

hold firm

hold out

husky

impermeable

imperturbable

impregnable

inactive

indomitable

in good repair

institution

intent

intrepid

invincible

iron

magnanimous

maison de commerce

manufacturer

marrowy

massive

mettlesome

noble

offer

operation

oppress

organization

outright

pass

passionate

pert

plump

pressing

purposeful

purposive

real

recover

resisting

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/fɜɹm/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Italian firma (“signature”), from firmare (“to sign”), from Latin firmāre (“to make firm, to confirm (by signature)”), from firmus (“firm, stable”). The contemporary sense developed in the 18th century simultaneously with German Firma (“business, name of business”). There are conflicting statements in the literature as to which of the two languages influenced which. Doublet of dharma and dhamma. Other cognates include Russian держать (deržatʹ, “to hold”).