reframe
An instance of reframing.
Noun
- An instance of reframing.
- A counselor's reframe of the term “protecting” to “enabling” suggests a different function with respect to the individual's behavior. - 2014, Arthur J. Clark, Empathy in Counseling and Psychotherapy:
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English frame English reframe From re- + frame.
Forms
Verb
- To mount in a frame again.
- The woman in the shop was reframing a painting.
- 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.
- The military reframed tedium as duty.
Synonyms: reconstrue
- To change the angle and perspective of (video footage captured beforehand), as by a 360-degree camera.