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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar

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firming

/fəːm/

US pronunciation

American sound/fəːm/

firming

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Final ng sound

fir - ming -> firming

Myanmar meaning

(v[ing]) ခိုင်မာနေ

Full entry

firm¹ / fɜ:m / adj (-er, -est )

၁။ (က) မြဲသော။ ခိုင်သော။ တင်းသော။ firm soil ❍ a firm cushion/ mattress / sofa ❍ firm flesh / muscles. (ခ) မြဲသော။ ခိုင်သော။ လုံခြုံသော။ စိတ်ချရသော။ အစိုင်အခဲဖြစ်သော။ firm foundations ❍ get a firm foothold.
၂။ ခိုင်သော။ မြဲသော။ a firm handshake/ grip / hold.
၃။ ခိုင်မာသော။ မယိမ်းယိုင်သော။ a firm belief/ believer in socialism ❍ a firm decision / date /offer ❍ firm opinions / convictions / principles ❍ We have no firm evidence. ❍ She is now the firm favourite to win the championship.
၄။ ~ (with sb ) တည်ကြည်သော။ တည်ငြိမ်သော။ ပြတ်သားသော။ exercise firm leadership/control/ discipline ❍ Parents must be firm with their children. ❍ ‘I don't want to be unkind,’ he said in a firm voice.
၅။ ~ (against sth) ခိုင်မာ [သော] ။ The pound remained firm against the dollar, but fell against the yen.
v ခိုင်မာသည်။ သိပ်သည်းသည်။ Interest rates firmed slightly. ❍ Fill the pots with firmed damp soil.
adv ခိုင်မာစွာ။ မြဲမြံစွာ။
❏ be on firm ground [IDM ] ပိုင်သည်။
❏ a firm hand [IDM ] စည်းကမ်းတကျ အုပ်ထိန်းမှု။ That boy needs a firm hand to help him grow up.
❏ firmly adv ခိုင်ခိုင်မာမာ။ မြဲမြဲမြံမြံ။ အတည်တကျ။ ပြတ်ပြတ်သားသား။
The fence posts were fixed firmly in the ground. ❍ It is now firmly established as one of the leading brands in the country. ❍ The suggestion was politely but firmly rejected.
❏ firmness n [U] မြဲခြင်း။ ခိုင်ခြင်း။ မယိမ်းယိုင်ခြင်း။ တင်းမာခြင်း။
❏ firm sth up [PHRV ]
၁။ အတည်ပြုသည်။ firm up a contract / a deal / an agreement.
၂။ ကျစ်လျစ်စေသည်။ Exercise will help to firm up your muscles.
❏ hold firm to sth [IDM ]
မြဲမြဲမြံမြံ ဆုပ်ကိုင်ထားသည်။
hold firm to one's beliefs / ideals.

firm² / fɜ:m / n

စီးပွားရေးလုပ်ငန်း။ ကုမ္ပဏီ။
a firm of accountants
❍ a law firm. Compare COMPANY

More examples

A building/engineering/law firm
[a large firm] : She works for a large firm.
[firm of] : A firm of accountants/architects/solicitors

Synonyms

solid, hard, rigid, dense, compact, stiff, unyielding, abiding, adamant, anchored, association, bent, bolted, bound, braced, bunch, business, cemented, certain, close, close-grained, closed, company, compress, compressed, concentrated, concern, concrete, condensed, congealed, conglomerate, consistent, constant, corporation, crew, crowd, dead set on, definite, determined, durable, embedded, enduring, enterprise, established, exact, explicit, fast, fastened, fine-grained, fixed, flat, gang, going, hang tough, harden, hardened, heavy, house, immobile, immovable, impenetrable, impermeable, impervious, inelastic, inflexible, intent, jelled, megacorp, mob, motionless, mounted, multinational, nailed, never-failing, nonporous, obdurate, organization, outfit, partnership, persevering, persistent, petrified, positive, practice, press down, prevailing, refractory, resolute, resolved, ring, riveted, robust, rooted, safe, screwed, secure, secured, securely, set, settled, soldered, solidified, solidify, solidly, sound, soundly, specific, spiked, stable, stand pat, stated, stationary, staunch, steadfast, steadfastly, steady, stiffen, stipulated, strict, strong, sturdy, substantial, sure, tamp, taut, tenacious, thick, tight, tightened, tightly, tough, true, unalterable, unbending, unchangeable, undeviating, unflinching, unfluctuating, unmoving, unqualified, unshakable, unshaken, unwavering, welded, well-founded

Antonyms

afraid, alterable, broken, changeable, disloyal, easy, easy-going, facile, false, fickle, flexible, inconsistent, inconstant, indefinite, infirm, intermittent, irresolute, loose, movable, moving, nice, obscure, pliable, pliant, slack, soft, soften, supple, surrendering, unattached, uncertain, undecided, unfixed, unhealthy, unreliable, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, untrue, untrustworthy, vague, varying, vulnerable, wavering, weak, wobbly, yielding

Cross references

solid hard rigid dense compact stiff unyielding abiding adamant anchored association bent bolted bound braced bunch business cemented certain close close-grained closed company compress compressed concentrated concern concrete

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