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FRAMING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Formulation of the plans and important details
Example:
the framing of judicial decrees
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("framing" is a kind of...):
conceptualisation; conceptualization; formulation (inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally)
Derivation:
frame (make up plans or basic details for)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror
Example:
the frame was much more valuable than the miror it held
Synonyms:
frame; framing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("framing" is a kind of...):
frame; framework (a structure supporting or containing something)
Derivation:
frame (enclose in or as if in a frame)
frame (enclose in a frame, as of a picture)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb frame
