Word of the Day

Frame


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You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for November 21.

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Today’s word is frame, spelled f-r-a-m-e.

frame /freɪm/ noun

frame of mind noun phrase

Merriam-Webster: mental attitude or outlook : MOOD

Longman: the way someone is thinking and feeling at a particular time

She returned from lunch in a happier frame of mind.

You have to be in the right frame of mind to play well.

That music puts me in a romantic frame of mind.

frame ●○○ verb [transitive]

to put a picture in a structure that will hold it firmly

I’m going to get the picture framed.

a framed photograph

to deliberately make someone seem guilty of a crime when they are not guilty, by lying to the police or in a court of law SYN set up

Needham’s lawyers claimed that he had been framed by the police.

The two men were framed for murder.

With your word of the day, I’m Mohammad Golpayegani.

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