MEANING
1. Present or understand something within a different perspective or set of assumptions.
2. Fit something, especially a picture, into a different frame.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- reframe a question
- reframe the debate
On the page
The essay reframes the debate as a question of access rather than ability.
Word forms
- Base
- reframe
- Past tense
- reframed
- Past participle
- reframed
- Present participle
- reframing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- reframe
- Present continuous
- am/is/are reframing
- Present perfect
- have/has reframed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been reframing
- Past
- reframed
- Past continuous
- was/were reframing
- Past perfect
- had reframed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been reframing
- Future
- will reframe
- Future continuous
- will be reframing
- Future perfect
- will have reframed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been reframing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: reframe; reframes; reframed; reframed; reframing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, explanation, evaluation. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: reframes.
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