Le mot anglais avancé du jour

Définitions

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firm
1. adj. Définitif.
2. adj. Solide.
3. adj. Robuste.
4. adj. Ferme.
5. v. Ferme.
hold firm = tenir ferme
stand firm = faire ferme
6. n. Société (commerciale, industrielle ou financière).
anglais > anglais
firm
1. n. (business) A business partnership; the name under which it trades.
2. n. (business, economics) A business enterprise, however organized.
3. n. (slang) A criminal gang, especially based around football hooliganism.
4. adj. steadfast, secure, hard (in position)
It's good to have a firm grip when shaking hands.
5. adj. fixed (in opinion)
a firm believer; a firm friend; a firm adherent
6. adj. solid, rigid (material state)
firm flesh; firm muscles, firm wood; firm land (i.e. not soft and marshy)
7. v. To make firm or strong; fix securely.
8. v. To make compact or resistant to pressure; solidify.
9. v. (intransitive) To become firm; stabilise.
10. v. (intransitive) To improve after decline.
11. v. (intransitive, Australia) To shorten (of betting odds).
12. v. (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.

Prononciation

Exemples de phrases

I'm working for a trading firm.      Je travaille pour une entreprise de commerce. It is a firm rule in newspaper articles that second-hand information is clearly noted as such.      C'est une règle stricte dans les articles de journaux que les informations empruntées soient clairement mises en évidence comme telles. The investment firm tricked customers into buying worthless stock.      La société d'investissements a dupé des clients en leur faisant acheter des actions sans valeur. I got a temporary job at the firm.      J'ai un job temporaire dans l'entreprise. He worked day and night in the interest of his firm.      Il travaillait jour et nuit dans l'intérêt de son entreprise.

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