Direct Cross-Language Association: “firm” in German
This word also exists in German! Meaning: “(somewhat dated) experienced, well versed”
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Direct German Translations & Equivalents:
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Verb Conjugation Tables & Inflections
Definitions & Usage
(business, economics) A business enterprise, however organized.
(slang) A criminal gang, especially based around football hooliganism.
Steadfast, secure, solid (in position)
Fixed (in opinion).
Insistent upon something, not accepting dissent.
Durable, rigid (material state).
(now rare) firmly, steadily
(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.
Notable Literary & Historical Quotes
“Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms.[…]Banks and credit-card firms are kept out of the picture. Talk to enough people in the field and someone is bound to mention the “democratisation of finance”.”
— 2013 June 1, “End of the peer show”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 71:
“With such constant off-field turmoil Hughton’s work has been remarkable and this may have been his last game in charge. West Bromwich Albion, searching for a replacement for Roy Hodgson, are firm admirers.”
— 2012 May 9, John Percy, “Birmingham City 2 Blackpool 2 (2-3 on agg): match report”, in the Telegraph:
“Biblical criteria of sexual seductiveness include a white skin, black hair, or henna-dyed, scarlet lips, a prominent nose, rosy temples, long straight neck, firm breasts, round thighs, an erect posture.”
— 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 219: