Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To frame or put together again.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To frame again or anew.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
frame again. - verb To
redescribe , from a different perspective; torelabel .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The reframe is a result of the focus of the executive.
Think Progress » Under Fire, ABC Yanks Official Blog of 9/11 Docudrama 2006
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The reframe is a result of the focus of the executive.
Think Progress » Under Fire, ABC Yanks Official Blog of 9/11 Docudrama 2006
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CalD -- obviously it's been a long time since he debated, but as I remember Bill was able to do those things -- attack, defend and mischaracterize (he'd probably say "reframe") -- without looking nasty in the process.
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How long can you "reframe" something before you realize that the problem is your crappy art and not the choice of a speckled mahogany vs. fluted sterling silver enclosure?
Baratunde Thurston: Iraq is to Vietnam as Dubya is to WTF!?!? 2008
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On August 22, Bush used his speech before the Veterans of Foreign Wars to yet again to "reframe" the Iraq debate.
Baratunde Thurston: Iraq is to Vietnam as Dubya is to WTF!?!? 2008
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Ms. Rosenfeld has also been encouraging marketers to "reframe" product categories, no longer thinking, for example, that an Oreo has to be a round sandwich cookie.
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So let's "reframe" this matter in our heads, right now.
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So let\'s "reframe" This matter in our heads, right now ..
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Later the same day he told the party's national finance board that he didn't want to change the Democrats 'fundamental position, but he did want to "reframe" it.
ROE'S ARMY RELOADS 2007
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The US will try to spread the guilt around and "reframe" the issue.
The Origins of America's World Wide Image Problem in Bush's Embrace of the 'Science of Lying' 2007
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