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Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.
Gilbert K. Chesterton

Meaning of "frame" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FRAME

Old English framiae to avail; related to Old Frisian framia to carry out, Old Norse frama.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FRAME

frame  [freɪm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FRAME

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Frame is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb frame in English.

WHAT DOES FRAME MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Frame

A frame is a structural system that supports other components of a physical construction. Frame and FRAME may also refer to...

Definition of frame in the English dictionary

The first definition of frame in the dictionary is an open structure that gives shape and support to something, such as the transverse stiffening ribs of a ship's hull or an aircraft's fuselage or the skeletal beams and uprights of a building. Other definition of frame is an enclosing case or border into which something is fitted. Frame is also the system around which something is built up.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FRAME

PRESENT

Present
I frame
you frame
he/she/it frames
we frame
you frame
they frame
Present continuous
I am framing
you are framing
he/she/it is framing
we are framing
you are framing
they are framing
Present perfect
I have framed
you have framed
he/she/it has framed
we have framed
you have framed
they have framed
Present perfect continuous
I have been framing
you have been framing
he/she/it has been framing
we have been framing
you have been framing
they have been framing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I framed
you framed
he/she/it framed
we framed
you framed
they framed
Past continuous
I was framing
you were framing
he/she/it was framing
we were framing
you were framing
they were framing
Past perfect
I had framed
you had framed
he/she/it had framed
we had framed
you had framed
they had framed
Past perfect continuous
I had been framing
you had been framing
he/she/it had been framing
we had been framing
you had been framing
they had been framing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will frame
you will frame
he/she/it will frame
we will frame
you will frame
they will frame
Future continuous
I will be framing
you will be framing
he/she/it will be framing
we will be framing
you will be framing
they will be framing
Future perfect
I will have framed
you will have framed
he/she/it will have framed
we will have framed
you will have framed
they will have framed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been framing
you will have been framing
he/she/it will have been framing
we will have been framing
you will have been framing
they will have been framing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would frame
you would frame
he/she/it would frame
we would frame
you would frame
they would frame
Conditional continuous
I would be framing
you would be framing
he/she/it would be framing
we would be framing
you would be framing
they would be framing
Conditional perfect
I would have frame
you would have frame
he/she/it would have frame
we would have frame
you would have frame
they would have frame
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been framing
you would have been framing
he/she/it would have been framing
we would have been framing
you would have been framing
they would have been framing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you frame
we let´s frame
you frame
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to frame
Past participle
framed
Present Participle
framing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FRAME


airframe
ˈɛəˌfreɪm
bedframe
ˈbedˌfreɪm
brame
breɪm
crame
kreɪm
doorframe
ˈdɔːˌfreɪm
enframe
ɪnˈfreɪm
fraim
freɪm
grame
ɡreɪm
half-frame
ˈhɑːfˌfreɪm
headframe
ˈhɛdˌfreɪm
mainframe
ˈmeɪnˌfreɪm
misframe
ˌmɪsˈfreɪm
packframe
ˈpækˌfreɪm
reframe
riːˈfreɪm
sub-frame
ˈsʌbfreɪm
wireframe
ˈwaɪəˌfreɪm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FRAME

framable
frambesia
framboesia
framboise
frame aerial
frame house
frame line
frame of mind
frame of reference
frame saw
frame tent
frame-up
frameable
frameless
framer
frames
frameshift
framework
framework agreement
framing

WORDS THAT END LIKE FRAME

A-frame
arame
climbing frame
clip frame
cold frame
embroidery frame
freeze-frame
half frame
in the frame
inertial reference frame
picture frame
portal frame
printing frame
sampling frame
still frame
stop-frame
time frame
walking frame
window frame
Zimmer frame

Synonyms and antonyms of frame in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FRAME»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «frame» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of frame

Translation of «frame» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FRAME

Find out the translation of frame to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of frame from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «frame» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

框架
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

marco
570 millions of speakers

English

frame
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फ्रेम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إِطار
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

рама
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

moldura
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফ্রেম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cadre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bingkai
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Struktur
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

骨組み
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pigura
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khung
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சட்ட
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फ्रेम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çerçeve
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cornice
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rama
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

рама
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ramă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πλαίσιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

raam
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ram
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ramme
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of frame

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FRAME»

The term «frame» is very widely used and occupies the 2.599 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of frame
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «frame».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FRAME» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «frame» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «frame» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about frame

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10 QUOTES WITH «FRAME»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word frame.
1
George Matthew Adams
A cheerful frame of mind, reinforced by relaxation... is the medicine that puts all ghosts of fear on the run.
2
Sparky Anderson
Baseball is a simple game. If you have good players and if you keep them in the right frame of mind then the manager is a success.
3
Bipasha Basu
As women, we tend to take the easy way out in showbiz. I have done movies where all I did was look pretty in every frame.
4
Gerry Beckley
The first year with the success that we had and let me point out that the time frame changes depending on which decade you look at it. In the seventies acts were kind of expected to do an album a year. If you look at the Beatles they were doing three a year.
5
Ron Ben-Israel
Your best creative assets do not occur unless you do a mental shift. You have to be in a positive frame of mind because inspiration is fleeting. I walk to work for inspiration and to clear my mind.
6
David Cameron
We have the character of an island nation: independent, forthright, passionate in defence of our sovereignty. We can no more change this British sensibility than we can drain the English Channel. And because of this sensibility, we come to the European Union with a frame of mind that is more practical than emotional.
7
Jennifer Capriati
To win Grand Slams you have to be in the right frame of mind, the right physical shape.
8
Gilbert K. Chesterton
Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.
9
Nat King Cole
Music is emotional, and you may catch a musician in a very unemotional mood or you may not be in the same frame of mind as the musician. So a critic will often say a musician is slipping.
10
Teju Cole
When I've had enough of words, I go out into the city for a long walk; sometimes I'll go out walking for several miles. And I'll just take photographs and hope for something striking or unusual to happen that I can organize into a picture frame.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FRAME»

Discover the use of frame in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to frame and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A-frame
In a fascinating look at this architectural phenomenon, Chad Randl tells the story of the "triangle" house from prehistoric Japan to its lifestyle-changing heyday in the 1960s. Includes an appendix with a complete set of blueprints.
Chad Randl, 2004
2
Within the Frame: The Journey of Photographic Vision
Within the Frame is a book about finding and expressing your photographic vision, specifically where people, places, and cultures are concerned.
David duChemin, 2009
3
Building the Timber Frame House: The Revival of a Forgotten ...
Building the Timber Frame House is the most comprehensive manual available on the technique.
Tedd Benson, 1981
4
Game Frame: Using Games as a Strategy for Success
All our lives we’ve been told that games are distractions—playful pastimes, but unrelated to success. In Game Frame, Aaron Dignan shows us that the opposite is true: games produce peak learning conditions and accelerated achievement.
Aaron Dignan, 2011
5
The Disciplinary Frame: Photographic Truths and the Capture ...
John Tagg claims that, to answer this question, we must look at the ways in which everything that frames photography - the discourse that surrounds it and the institutions that circulate it - determines what counts as truth.
John Tagg, 2009
6
The Frame and the Mirror: On Collage and the Postmodern
The Frame and the Mirror uses this question to probe the distinctive question of the postmodern situation and the philosophical problem of representation.
Thomas P. Brockelman, 2001
7
The Victorian Frame of Mind, 1830-1870
The emotional and intellectual attitudes of the Victorian era are carefully scrutinized
Walter E. Houghton, 1957
8
Breaking the Frame: Metalepsis and the Construction of the ...
This cutting-edge work of narrative theory examines how "metalepsis"--the transgression of the boundaries between narrative levels--has been used to construct the postmodern narrative subject.
Debra Malina, 2002
9
Graphic Guide to Frame Construction
Graphic Guide to Frame Construction contains:
Rob Thallon, 2008
10
Relational Frame Theory: A Post-Skinnerian Account of Human ...
This volume will be of interest not only to behavior theorists but also to cognitive psychologists, therapists, educators, and anyone studying the human condition.
Steven C. Hayes, Dermot Barnes-Holmes, Bryan Roche, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FRAME»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term frame is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Lexington edges Spring Hill in final frame
MORRISTOWN — It's a long way back for the Spring Hill Cardinals, but their coach David Dunston has confidence in his team as they try to ... «Columbia Daily Herald, Jul 15»
2
F1 2015 PS4 vs Xbox One Gameplay Frame-Rate Test
Codemasters returns with an all-new F1 game for the new wave of console hardware. The big departure is a 60fps target, similar to what we ... «WCCFtech, Jul 15»
3
Frame guidelines about construction near jails by Aug 7: HC
The Bombay high court (HC) has asked the Maharashtra government to frame guidelines about construction norms around prisons by August 7 ... «Hindustan Times, Jul 15»
4
Alton Towers Rollercoaster crash victim Vicky Balch 'sent Alton …
Rollercoaster crash victim Vicky Balch has been sent an Alton Towers-branded photo frame as a present. The 20-year-old, who had to have her ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
5
Faith and Values: Hope in God should frame our response to court's …
July 11, 2015 in City, Idaho. Faith and Values: Hope in God should frame our response to court's marriage decision. Steve Massey. Print; Email ... «The Spokesman Review, Jul 15»
6
Out of Frame: AMY
Breaking out of the standard documentary talking head model, director Asif Kapadia's 2010 documentary Senna was made up entirely of film ... «DCist.com, Jul 15»
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Xbox One Extra CPU Core Will Allow Smoother Frame Rates …
We will use it to do a part of our computations to smooth the frame rate. In fact we designed our new engine to be very flexible about the number ... «GamingBolt, Jul 15»
8
Full Frame puts campers in the director's chair
School of Doc is a five-week documentary filmmaking program for students from grades nine through 12 run by the Full Frame Documentary ... «News & Observer, Jul 15»
9
Frame job: Tyler Flowers aids pitchers in White Sox win over Cubs
Aside from a 1-0 White Sox victory over the Cubs, that was one of the true indicators it was a “good day” for Tyler Flowers. Not only do White ... «Comcast SportsNet Chicago, Jul 15»
10
'The Gospel at Colonus,' where Greek tragedy and gospel music …
... Artistic Director of the Ebony Rep, and Andi Chapman, director of the theater's version of "Gospel at Colonus," joined us at The Frame studios ... «89.3 KPCC, Jul 15»

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