n. 1 soldiers ordered to shoot a condemned person. 2 group firing the salute at a military funeral. firm’ adj. 1 a solid or compact. b fixed, stable, steady. 2 a resolute, determined. b steadfast, constant (firm belief; firm friend). 3 (of an offer etc.) definite; not conditional. adv. firmly (stand firm). v. (often foll. by up) make or become firm, secure, compact, or solid. s firmly adv. firmness n. [Latin firmus] firm n. business concern or its partners. [Latin firma: cf. mug] firmament /Ts:moment/ n. literary the sky regarded as a vault or arch. [Latin: related to FIRM’]
