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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Proponents of the measure characterize the effort as procedural: It will firm up timelines, but projects still will be reviewed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The cream will soften the cookies; the cookies will firm up the cream.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2025
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
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
That time is precious I will firm impart.
From 'A Comedy of Errors' in Seven Acts by Spokeshave (AKA Old Fogy)
