reframe
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.46 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
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.
Transitive verb
verb
To change the angle and perspective of (video footage captured beforehand), as by a 360-degree camera.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "The woman in the shop was reframing a painting."
- "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."
- "A counselor's reframe of the term “protecting” to “enabling” suggests a different function with respect to the individual's behavior."
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.