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frame

frame

99 6.2
A set of ideas or rules people use to understand things
  • noun
  • /freɪm/
: marco
  • - We need a frame of reference.
  • a frame of reference
  • a news frame
  • a discursive frame

And so the best closers come from the frame of helping the prospect.

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Examples

  • I'm in an excellent frame of mind.

  • The teacher provided a new frame of reference to help students understand the complex topic.

  • How much of that is really changing our frame into our own life?

  • And my answer to that is to your really important frame, frame of reference point.

  • It's getting them in the mind frame of themselves.

  • why would you go there in what frame of mind?

  • Be confident and create the right frame of mind for you to influence effectively.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Both the students and the teacher construct the frame during this phase.

    Academic text (2013)
  • If you're in the right frame of mind, mesmerizing.

  • I think that it is possible to leave something or someone... in one frame of mind and arrive elsewhere in another entirely unexpected frame of mind.

Synonyms

framework
vsframe
72 4.2

A set of ideas and rules that helps people plan and understand something

focuses more on guiding assumptions that shape meaning rather than planning
15 5.8

A person's ideas and beliefs that shape how they understand things

shapes behavior and understanding as an internal organizing structure
construal
vsframe
1 9.6

A way of understanding the meaning of something

is a guiding set of assumptions that shapes understanding rather than one reading

Idioms

out of frame
  • Specialized
7 5.8

Not visible inside a picture or not right for the situation

Compounds

93 3.1

A fixed period when something happens or is expected to happen

30 3.7

The mood a person has at a certain time

18 1.7

A wooden or metal border that holds and protects a picture

A person's ideas and beliefs that shape how they understand things

9 1.9

The fixed part around a window that holds it in the wall

frame-up
  • Informal
8 8.7

An act of falsely accusing someone by making fake evidence against them

frame of reference
  • Specialized
6 6.1

A system for measuring where things are and how they move from one viewpoint

frame rate
  • Specialized
5 3.4

How many pictures a video, animation, or game shows each second

reference frame
  • Specialized
3 7.2

A system that describes where and how an object is located or facing

1 4.9

A tall thin body that looks awkward or loosely built

cold frame
  • Specialized
1 4.9

A low box with a clear top that protects young plants from cold and helps them grow

inertial frame
  • Specialized
1 8.7

A point of view where objects stay still or move steadily unless a force acts

skeletal frame
  • Specialized
1 5.8

Inside support that gives a building or machine its shape and strength

1 6.5

A metal frame with handles that helps people walk and keep their balance

1 8.9

A frame where objects stay still or move straight at constant speed unless a force acts on them

A tool that holds fabric tight while you sew patterns by hand

1 2.3

A set of bars or ropes in a playground that children use to go up and down on

spinning frame
  • Specialized
1 5.8

A machine that pulls, twists, and winds fibers into yarn

1 6.7

A thin strong body with visible muscles and little fat

frame buffer
  • Specialized
1 5.4

An area of computer memory that stores the picture shown on the screen

1 8.1

A very tall thin body shape that looks like a long bean

A square wooden tool archaeologists use to map objects at a dig site

fly frame
  • Archaic
9.4

A machine in a textile mill that twists stretched fibres into loose thread

roving frame
  • Specialized
9.9

A machine that pulls and lightly twists loose fibres to make thin yarn for spinning

open frame
  • Jargon
7.1

A frame in which a player fails to knock down all the pins with two rolls

A digital screen that shows photos as a slideshow

A machine that uses flat plates and frames to separate solids from liquids

A machine with plates and frames that separates solids from liquids in factories

planning frame
  • Specialized
7.7

A square wooden frame archaeologists use to draw and measure features at a site

speed frame
  • Specialized
8.5

A machine that pulls and slightly twists fibers to make a loose rope for spinning

How Persuasive

to manipulate
367 6.1
spin
  • Literature
149 7.5
to slant
6 6.3
to angle
1 6.7
frame
99 6.2
present
518 1.0

Surface Forms

frame singular
frames plural

Etymology

The word frame can also mean a set of ideas because it is like a built structure that holds and shapes what we see. That's why a frame of thought or rules shapes how people understand things.