reframe
Britishverb
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to support or enclose (a picture, photograph, etc) in a new or different frame
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to change the plans or basic details of (a policy, idea, etc)
reframe policy issues and problems
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to look at, present, or think of (beliefs, ideas, relationships, etc) in a new or different way
reframe masculinity from this new perspective
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to change the focus or perspective of (a view) through a lens
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to say (something) in a different way
reframe the question
Example Sentences
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Coming into the game as considerable underdogs, the head coach had tried to reframe the changing narrative as his side now being the hunter rather than hunted.
From BBC
One useful way to reframe the decision is to view compensation and equity together, rather than separately.
From MarketWatch
It aims to reframe her as a documenter of the city's working class, LGBTQ+ communities and nightlife.
From BBC
And what will happen during those other 179 plays is a bypassing of consciousness: The woman will see a play from her unique vantage point and automatically reframe what she saw into the way it would appear on television.
From Los Angeles Times
By 1995, success allowed him to give up his day job and focus on cartoons and writing books, including ”The Dilbert Principle,” “Reframe Your Brain: The User Interface for Happiness and Success” and “How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life.”
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