Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To mount in a frame again.

    The woman in the shop was reframing a painting.

  2. (transitive)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.

    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.

  3. (transitive)To change the angle and perspective of (video footage captured beforehand), as by a 360-degree camera.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Cognitive reframing may help you find hope in a seemingly hopeless situation; try it.

  2. Mindfulness and other coping strategies can help ease crew stress and psychologically reframe a situation to turn negatives into positives.

  3. Toki Pona urges us to reframe our way of thinking.

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  4. Cognitive reframing is a great debate. Like giving a kid a participation trophy. Making negative seem positive. It is what it is.

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Forms

reframes, reframing, reframed, reframed
Base formreframe · to reframe
3rd person singularreframes
Present participlereframing
Past simplereframed
Past participlereframed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyreframe
he, she, itreframes

Past simpleLesson

all personsreframed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave reframed
he, she, ithas reframed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill reframe

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

1 related words
Derivedreframer

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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