Hold Firm

  

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Hold Firm

Definition: Hold Firm

Hold Firm

Verb

1. Refuse to abandon one's opinion or belief.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Hold Firm

Synonyms: stand fast (v), stand firm (v), stand pat (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Hold Firm

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Resistance

Verb: resist; not submit; repugn, reluct, reluctate, withstand; stand up against, strive against, bear up under, bear up against, be proof against, make head against; stand, stand firm, stand one's ground, stand the brunt of, stand out; hold one's grounds, hold one's own, hold out, hold firm.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Modern Translation: Hold Firm

Language Translations for "hold firm"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Czech

  

stát pevnì (stand firm). (various references)

   

French

  

tenir bon (hold a train, hold out, hold up), maintenir (hold tight). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

erkõen tart. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

oldhay irmfay

   

Russian 

  

стоять прочно (stand firm). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

čvrsto držati. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

hålla fast (cling, hold on), inte gå sönder. (various references)

   

Thai

  

ยึ"มั่น (hard-set). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Hold Firm

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-f-h-i-l-m-o-r"

-2 letters: florid, milord.

-3 letters: fiord.

-4 letters: diol, dirl, dorm, fido, film, filo, firm, foil, fold, ford, form, from, hold, holm, idol, lido, limo, lord, mild, milo, modi, moil, mold, roil, rolf.

-5 letters: dim, dol, dom, dor, fid, fil, fir, foh, for, fro, hid, him, hod, lid, mho, mid, mil, mir, mod, mol, mor, ohm, oil.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams 		5. Bibliography


  

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