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

Each episode shifts the perspective, which every switch reframing the truth ahead of the finale, where the full picture finally emerges. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026

That reframes oil as a daily styling product rather than an occasional treatment. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026

This is the ability to reframe thoughts and physical signs that could be interpreted as anxiety in a less threatening way. — Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

That reframing gives permission to the much larger audience that was never going to sit in 33-degree water for six minutes. — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1592, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for reframe

• acclaim
• aflame
• airframe
• ballgame
• became
• declaim
• defame
• disclaim
• doorframe
• exclaim
• inflame
• mainframe