framing

[frey-ming]

noun

1. the act, process, or manner of constructing anything.

2. the act of providing with a frame.

3. a frame or a system of frames; framework.

framing

/ ˈfreɪmɪŋ /

noun

1. a frame, framework, or system of frames

2. the way in which something is framed

3. adjustment of the longitudinal position of the film in a projector gate to secure proper vertical positioning of the picture on the screen

Word History and Origins

Origin of framing¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; frame, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

To Steven Blitz, chief U.S. economist at TS Lombard, such a move would run counter to the administration’s framing of the tariffs as something that trading partners, not U.S. customers, are paying.

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Bondi rejected that framing, saying that she was restoring fairness to the Justice Department and ending the “weaponization” that had taken place under President Joe Biden.

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At Frame Chicago, a custom-design framing workshop, you don’t just see art — you taste it.

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As another senior party figure observes, Labour's "framing of cutting the Tories out is the right one".

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He avoided visiting his property before framing began, too depressed by the empty space where home had been since 2006.

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