firm
adjective
not soft or yielding when pressed; comparatively solid, hard, stiff, or rigid.
will firm
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future tenseof firm.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky will firm up an offer of £5bn, including assumed debts, for the company which employs more than 150,000 people.
From BBC ● May 28, 2024
On Friday, the timing of another case will firm up somewhat.
From New York Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
Lucy’s flyby of Dinkinesh will firm up scientists’ preliminary estimates of the asteroid’s basic shape and composition and will also allow them to count craters on its surface to better calibrate its age.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 1, 2023
Allow time to cool before slicing; the pie will firm up as it cools.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2022
It is enough if we possess our conscience in rectitude, if our aim be noble, our will firm and constant.
From Child Versus Parent Some Chapters on the Irrepressible Conflict in the Home by Stephen Wise
