Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A frame, framework, or system of frames.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The manner or style of putting together.
- noun A framework or frame; a system of frames.
- noun In metallurgical operations, a process of separating the slime, as received from the trunk, into grades according to value. Also called
ragging . Seeframingtable .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act, process, or style of putting together a frame, or of constructing anything; a frame; that which frames.
- noun (Arch. & Engin.) A framework, or a sy� of frames.
- noun (Carp.) a heavy chisel with a socket shank for making mortises.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
frame .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun formulation of the plans and important details
- noun a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror
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Examples
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The absurdity in the framing is the idea that “demand” for this kind of thing is in any way new, when we had wave after wave of asset bubbles of this kind that repeatedly rocked the financial system from the rise of corporate capitalism after the Civil War through to the establishment of the New Deal system of financial regulation.
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Another framing is around the issue of public accountability and scientific evidence.
AGU Day 0: Restarting the Climate Conversation | Serendipity 2009
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Another framing is around the issue of public accountability and scientific evidence.
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Another framing is around the issue of public accountability and scientific evidence.
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Ethnocentric framing is an outdated attempt at racism.
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Brad Plumer and Julia Whitty bring us the results of a neat social psychology experiment which proves that people are dumb framing is really important.
Matthew Yglesias » People Support Mandatory Carbon Emission Reduction Fee; Hate Carbon Tax 2010
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The camera is objective enough in framing the size of the structure, in presenting its countless lifeless and identical compartments, but again the horror arises from the severe possibility of disenfranchisement gone awry.
Weekend Weirdness Review: Tony - London Serial Killer | /Film 2010
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We see on the screen how poor the Haitians are, but that is not the main framing of the story.
julieandrews: A quote from Discover Your Inner Economist julieandrews 2010
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But the long-term framing of the debate over spending and debt is be...
Ted Strickland: Dems' Concessions On Debt Debate Are 'Very Troubling' The Huffington Post News Team 2011
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Its intrinsic merit entitles it to this high rank; and the part two of its authors performed in framing the constitution, put it very much in their power to explain the views with which it was framed ...
The Volokh Conspiracy » Diane Wood on the Second Amendment 2010
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