reframe

An instance of reframing.

Noun

  1. 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

reframes re-frame

Verb

  1. To mount in a frame again.
    • The woman in the shop was reframing a painting.
  2. 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

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

Forms

reframes reframing reframed re-frame

Derived

reframer