reframe

verb

re·​frame (ˌ)rē-ˈfrām 

reframed; reframing

transitive verb

: to frame (something) again and often in a different way

Tom, a seasoned renovator, … reframed the crooked doorways …

—Gillian Barth

The more lines of discoloration there are near the frame edges (from where the mounting paper has been exposed to light), the more times the silhouette has probably been reframed.

—Carolyn B. Noyes

… deftly reframes the debate, asserting that the war was never about W.M.D.s but about transforming the political dynamic of the region …

—Yoni Brenner

… cognitive-behavioral therapy, in which patients slowly expose themselves to the places and circumstances that frighten them and reframe the catastrophic thinking that torments them.

—Jeffrey Kluger

All failures are reframed as "good tries."

—Jon Krause

Examples of reframe in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Advertisement Gun rights proponents have praised the Supreme Court’s reframing of the debate and its focus on the intentions of the Constitution’s authors. —Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024

Whereas Simmons is an asset, Barnes is a deliciously hateful character who wants to reframe the FBI in her image. —Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 10 June 2024

Advocates are reframing this latest hurdle as another opportunity that could actually lead to Idahoans and others across the country joining the RECA program and receiving some justice for the generational harms caused by the U.S. atomic program. —Danielle Prokop, Idaho Statesman, 3 June 2024

But some travelers are reframing their perspectives on menstruating and travel into something positive, too. —Jessica Zucker, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 May 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1592, in the meaning defined above