reframe

verb

re·​frame (ˌ)rē-ˈfrām How to pronounce reframe (audio)
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

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The spot was a chance to reframe the Prince of Wales' public image after years of headlines surrounding family rifts and the fallout from the departure of his brother, Prince Harry, and sister-in-law, Meghan Markle, from the royal fold in 2020. Erin Hill, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025 Into the Weeds offers less a new way to think than perhaps an old one, pushing back against mechanization and the collapse of context by reframing reading in the most particular and human terms. David L. Ulin, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2025 The 2024 European Parliament elections strengthened far-right blocs and pushed the centre-right toward diluting elements of the Green Deal, reframing climate rules as sovereignty or competitiveness threats and amplifying cost-of-living and farmer-protest narratives. Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 3 Oct. 2025 In the wake of the backlash, Van der Verden sought to reframe the controversy. Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for reframe

Word History

First Known Use

1592, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of reframe was in 1592

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“Reframe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reframe. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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