transcription, транскрипция: [ fɜ:(r)məmənt ]
1.
The firmament is the sky or heaven. ( LITERARY )
There are no stars in the firmament.
N-SING : the N
2.
If you talk about the firmament in a particular organization or field of activity, you mean the top of it.
He was rich, and a rising star in the political firmament.
N-SING : the N , usu with supp