noun
Meaning 1
An instance of reframing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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reframe
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verb
Meaning 2
To mount in a frame again.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- The woman in the shop was reframing a painting.
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verb
Meaning 3
To redescribe, from a different perspective; to portray or construe anew, from a different analytic viewpoint or via a different metaphor; (sometimes euphemistically, merely) to relabel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- Near-synonym: reconstrue
- We must reframe our marketing efforts to prove to our prospects how we can save them money and make their jobs easier.
- The military reframed tedium as duty.
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Synonyms: reconstrue
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verb
Meaning 4
To change the angle and perspective of (video footage captured beforehand), as by a 360-degree camera.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English frame English reframe From re- + frame.