how to pronounce firm

/fɜːm/

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firm is pronounced in one syllable

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ɜː

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An example use of firm in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… hi penguin platform I'm firm McCann and …”

meaning of firm

Firm means strong and solid.

firm frequency in english - A2 level of CEFR

the word firm occurs in english on average 122.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics firm can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that firm can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) people, society, and culture;