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Plural of firm

regular plural

The plural of firm is firms.

Forms of firm

Singularfirm /fɜːm/
Pluralfirms
Countablecountable

Firms in a sentence

  • We wanted to sell a turnkey plant, but they jobbed out the contract to small firms.From the entry job
  • Public relations firms often serve as the interface between a company and the press.From the entry interface
  • The high cost of capital has a crippling effect on many small firms.From the entry crippling
  • Several firms are in competition for the contract.From the entry competition
  • Manufacturing firms are supported by government subsidies in some countries.From the entry subsidy

Meaning of firm

  1. noun A business partnership; the name under which it trades.
  2. noun A business enterprise, however organized.
  3. noun A criminal gang, especially based around football hooliganism.

Full definition of firm

Questions about the plural of firm

What is the plural of firm?
The plural of firm is firms.
Is firm countable?
Firm is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: firm (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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