# firms

Pronunciation: say "FURMZ" US /fɜɹmz/, UK /fɜːmz/

## Noun

1. Plural of firm. — plural of firm
   - Simple: Plural of firm. Use this form when you mean more than one company.
   - _Accounting firms across the country reported strong earnings this quarter._
   - _The merger combined two of the largest engineering firms in Europe._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present indicative of firm. — third-person singular simple present indicative of firm
   - Simple: Third person singular of firm. Use this form with he, she, or it.
   - _The trader watches closely as the currency firms against the dollar._
   - _She firms the clay base carefully before shaping the bowl._

## Noun

3. The principal rafters of a roof, especially a matched pair considered together as the chief support of the structure. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: The main sloping beams that hold up a roof, usually a pair joined together.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/firms (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).