reframe

British  

/ riːˈfreɪm /

verb

1. to support or enclose (a picture, photograph, etc) in a new or different frame

2. to change the plans or basic details of (a policy, idea, etc)

   reframe policy issues and problems

3. to look at, present, or think of (beliefs, ideas, relationships, etc) in a new or different way

   reframe masculinity from this new perspective

4. to change the focus or perspective of (a view) through a lens

5. to say (something) in a different way

   reframe the question

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Example Sentences

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.”

From The Wall Street Journal

In his later career, Adams - also a trained hypnotist - wrote self-help books including How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big, Win Bigly, Loserthink and Reframe Your Brain.

From BBC

And Penguin Random House slammed the door shut when it nixed publication of his book “Reframe Your Brain,” which would have come out that fall, and removed his back catalog from its offerings.

From Los Angeles Times

Officials had to weigh whether to stay quiet and prepare a legal defense privately or to go public and reframe the fight on his own terms.

From The Wall Street Journal

Factor in rest days, reframe them as a way of staying fit, rather than "taking time off", he says.

From BBC

Related Words

• reevaluate
• reexamine
• replan
• rethink