Download the app
educalingo
Search
I have twice met Jeffrey Archer, and on both occasions was struck by the firmness of his handshake - and the way he looked me straight in the eye, too.
Craig Brown

Meaning of "firmness" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF FIRMNESS

firmness  [ˈfɜːmnɪs] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FIRMNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Firmness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FIRMNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of firmness in the English dictionary

The first definition of firmness in the dictionary is determination and certainty that you are in control. Other definition of firmness is the quality of being solid or hard. Firmness is also when skin or muscles feel firm and well-toned.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FIRMNESS


blithesomeness
ˈblaɪðsəmnɪs
calmness
ˈkɑːmnɪs
dimness
ˈdɪmnɪs
dumbness
ˈdʌmnɪs
gameness
ˈɡeɪmnɪs
glumness
ˈɡlʌmnɪs
grimness
ˈɡrɪmnɪs
gruesomeness
ˈɡruːsəmnɪs
lameness
ˈleɪmnɪs
loathsomeness
ˈləʊðsəmnɪs
numbness
ˈnʌmnɪs
primness
ˈprɪmnɪs
randomness
ˈrændəmnɪs
sameness
ˈseɪmnɪs
slimness
ˈslɪmnɪs
tiresomeness
ˈtaɪəsəmnɪs
trimness
ˈtrɪmnɪs
ugsomeness
ˈʌɡsəmnɪs
wholesomeness
ˈhəʊlsəmnɪs
winsomeness
ˈwɪnsəmnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FIRMNESS

firk
firkin
firlot
firm
firmament
firmamental
firman
firmer
firmer chisel
firmless
firmly
firmware
firn
firn limit
firn line
firring
firry
first
first aid
first aider

WORDS THAT END LIKE FIRMNESS

awareness
bottomness
business
buxomness
darkness
fitness
grumness
happiness
humdrumness
in the wilderness
infirmness
lissomness
lukewarmness
nonrandomness
rumness
seldomness
solemness
uniformness
warmness
wellness

Synonyms and antonyms of firmness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FIRMNESS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «firmness» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of firmness

Translation of «firmness» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF FIRMNESS

Find out the translation of firmness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of firmness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «firmness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

坚定
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

firmeza
570 millions of speakers

English

firmness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दृढ़ता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحزم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

твердость
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

firmeza
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কাঠিন্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fermeté
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ketegasan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Festigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

堅さ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

탄력
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tegese
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

độ cứng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உறுதி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खंबीरपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sıkılık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fermezza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

stanowczość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

твердість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fermitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σταθερότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

fermheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fasthet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fasthet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of firmness

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FIRMNESS»

The term «firmness» is quite widely used and occupies the 42.356 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Quite widely used
81
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «firmness» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of firmness
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «firmness».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FIRMNESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «firmness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «firmness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about firmness

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «FIRMNESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word firmness.
1
Robert Blair
The grave, dread thing! Men shiver when thou'rt named: Nature appalled, Shakes off her wonted firmness.
2
Craig Brown
I have twice met Jeffrey Archer, and on both occasions was struck by the firmness of his handshake - and the way he looked me straight in the eye, too.
3
Robert Burns
Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.
4
Jilly Cooper
The male is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness and kindness, can be trained to do most things.
5
Bobby Flay
Lime juice makes things taste fresher. I use it for drinks, salsas, relishes, soups, and sauces. You want some give to your limes - firmness means the inside is dry - and they'll stay softer longer if you don't refrigerate them.
6
Klaus Fuchs
Since coming to Harwell I have met English people of all kinds, and I have come to see in many of them a deep rooted firmness which enables them to lead a decent way of life.
7
Alexander Hamilton
Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing.
8
John Hawkins
This kind of prelude was succeeded by the concerto itself which he executed with a degree of spirit and firmness that no one has ever pretended to equal.
9
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
As I have shown, I will defend democracy with arms when it is threatened by violence; with firmness when it is weakened by division; with law and order when it is subverted by anarchy; and always, I will try to sustain it by wise policies of economic progress so that a democracy means not just an empty liberty, but a full life for all.
10
Robert Toombs
The door of conciliation and compromise is finally closed by our adversaries, and it remains only to us to meet the conflict with the dignity and firmness of men worthy of freedom.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FIRMNESS»

Discover the use of firmness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to firmness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Postharvest Physiology and Pathology of Vegetables
For example, Miccolis and Salveit (1995) reported a decrease in firmness of melons that were held for 3 days at 15°C plus 3 days at 20°C compared with those first held at 7°C. And flaccidity of several pepper cultivars, measured as surface ...
Jerry A. Bartz, Jeffrey K. Brecht, 2002
2
Baked Goods Freshness: Technology, Evaluation, and ...
The results are as expected with lower firmness levels being shown at the higherstorage temperature. In Figure 4, however, it can only be assumed that lower crumb firmness relates to less order; in Figure 3, that relationship is clear at fixed ...
Ronald Hebeda, 1996
3
Bruce Lee The Tao of Gung Fu: A Study in the Way of Chinese ...
The mistakes committed in the previous sketches are based on pure advancing yang (sheer punching) and pure withdrawing yin (sheer pulling). Any practitioner of martial art should therefore consider both the softness and firmness as equals  ...
Bruce Lee, John Little, 1997
4
Kiwifruit Growing and Handling
Flesh firmness The level of flesh firmness at harvest is influenced by several factors other than fruit maturity; therefore, this is not a useful measure of minimum maturity. However, although maximum harvest maturity standards are not normally ...
Janine K. Hasey, 1994
5
Understanding and Measuring the Shelf-life of Food
4.3.1 Physiology and firmness Apples treated with 1-methylcyclopropene (MCP), an inhibitor of ethylene action, softened more slowly and had reduced internal ethylene concentrations compared to untreated apples. Re-treatment with MCP ...
Robert Steele, 2004
6
Horticultural Reviews, Horticultural Reviews
correlations with penetrometer firmness measurements were low; therefore, it was concluded that the Sinclair device measures a different physical fruit property (tissue elasticity) than the penetrometer (tissue failure) (Valero et al. 2007).
Jules Janick, 2013
7
Loving Firmness: Successfully Raising Teenagers Without ...
This is the fourth book from parenting expert Corrie Lynne Player.Loving Firmness teaches a no-nonsense, tough-love approach to raising teenagers balanced with deep affection and a soft touch that they will respect and follow.
Corrie Lynne Player, 2006
8
The American Phrenological Journal and Miscellany
1. John Qutncy Adams— FirmneBs, Conscientiousness, Self-Esteem, Approbativeness, Acquisitiveness, Individuality, Eventuality, Locality, all large. 2. Aaron Burr— Amativeness, Firmness, Self-Esteem, Individuality, Eventuality, Form, Size, ...
9
Agri-food Quality II: Quality Management of Fruits and ...
4 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 4.1 Relation Between The Objective And The Subjective Firmness First the relation between objective and subjective firmness measurements was established. Therefore 100 tomatoes of different varieties and ...
M. Hägg, 1999
10
Postharvest Handling: A Systems Approach
adapted firmness index which also includes a measure of shape S (e.g. the length/ diameter ratio) is more appropriate: 1 F aSbfm 2 23/ where a and b are constants. As the authors only considered Conference pears, it is not clear whether the ...
Wojciech J. Florkowski, Stanley E. Prussia, Robert L. Shewfelt, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FIRMNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term firmness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Swiss Air Lines reveals cabin, plans for its new Boeing 777-300ERs
The business class cabin allows each customer to adjust the seat-cushion firmness individually. The seats also convert into 6'7 lie-flat beds that ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
2
Two-time champ Chesk heads TCGA Amateur field
"Mostly because of the rough, and the firmness of the fairways made it tough to keep the ball in the fairway," Stricek said. Molter, pace-setter into ... «Press & Sun-Bulletin, Jul 15»
3
Pitbull Responds To Donald Trump Mexican Immigrant Bashing: 'I …
With the responsibility and firmness that has always characterized me, I'm announcing that I have canceled my participation as judge at the ... «Latin Times, Jul 15»
4
ISL auction: Players have a ball
With Sunil Chhetri's turn next, the bidding was low-key and the firmness that Mumbai City showed virtually scared everyone off. Mumbai, who ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
5
Miss USA 2015 Live Stream Online Video: Watch Winner Of Beauty …
With the responsibility and firmness that has always characterized me, I'm announcing that I have canceled my participation as judge at the ... «Latin Times, Jul 15»
6
Institute teaches international companies to use regionally grown …
A texture analyzer cuts through the pasta to test it for firmness, which is calculated by computer software. Rachel Carlson, NCI food technologist ... «Prairie Business, Jul 15»
7
Turkey needs a stable government
... the EU eternal policy, gave an interview to Lebanese L'Orient-Le Jour underlining the perfect firmness and functioning of Turkish democracy. «Daily Sabah, Jul 15»
8
Editorial: A terrifying lesson about the destructive force of water
Use a stick to check the firmness of the ground in front of you. -- Do not drive into flooded areas. If floodwaters rise around your car, abandon ... «Quad-Cities Online, Jul 15»
9
RILEY: A sermon in the South
... that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away,” he said, and “With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right ... «Asbury Park Press, Jul 15»
10
Sisi discusses with defense, interior ministers fighting terrorism
President Sisi also underlined the importance of responding with the utmost firmness and strength to any attempt to attack military, police, ... «Egypt SIS, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Firmness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/firmness>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z