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View synonyms for terra firma

terra firma

[ fur-muh ]

noun

  1. firm or solid earth; dry land (as opposed to water or air).


terra firma

/ ˈfɜːmə /

noun

  1. the solid earth; firm ground
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terra firma

  1. Dry land, as opposed to the sea: “After our stormy voyage across the Atlantic Ocean , we were relieved to set foot on terra firma.” From Latin , meaning “firm (or solid) ground.”


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Word History and Origins

Origin of terra firma1

Borrowed into English from Latin around 1595–1605
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Word History and Origins

Origin of terra firma1

C17: from Latin
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Example Sentences

Less than two years after buying EMI, Hands' investors forced him to resign as CEO of Terra Firma over anger at their losses.

A fidelity to the spontaneous moment is no longer the terra firma on which the photographic image is grounded.

It is only a lower stratum, but still it is a part of terra firma, and on no account is it to be ignored.

Had he fallen from a house-top, he would have reached terra firma on his feet.

A few palm-trees rising from the mangroves indicated a spot where we might find a little terra firma.

And now at last we can step again from the treacherous quicksand of reminiscences on the terra firma of documents.

I did ask him, but he said he wasn't tired of terra firma yet.

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