framing
noun
fram·ing ˈfrā-miŋ 
: frame, framework
Synonyms
- architecture
- armature
- cadre
- configuration
- edifice
- fabric
- frame
- framework
- infrastructure
- shell
- skeleton
- structure
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Example Sentences
the framing of the debate will consist of a predetermined order of turns and follow-up comments
Recent Examples on the Web And the posts can only be photos taken within the app which has some idiosyncratic framing quirks. 
Wsj Off Duty Editors, WSJ, 10 Sep. 2022 With their warm, golden glow and the perfect framing, all of the images look Spielbergian. Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 9 Sep. 2022 Excuse @cooperroth 's peculiar framing in the second pic. Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2022 Demos, a nonprofit research organization focused on racial equity, offers an interesting framing to help describe the demographic shift in the working class. Ellen Mcgirt, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2022 Stud wood framing graces the walls and high wood arches holding jugs of moonshine hang from the ceiling, the light catching its reflection. courier-journal.com, 6 Sep. 2022 Any Oscar love is likely to come for Arianne Phillips’s glamorous costumes and cinematographer Matthew Libatique’s sensuous framing. Clayton Davis, Variety, 5 Sep. 2022 Many mainstream media outlets are providing a sympathetic framing to Democratic Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman's decision not to debate his Republican opponent Dr. Mehmet Oz as Fetterman recovers from a stroke. Fox News, 2 Sep. 2022 The production is a play within a play, in which Luci is both Aladdin’s mother, the Widow Twankey, and — in the framing story — a mysterious masked villain killing off the other actors for obscure reasons. Noah Bertlatsky, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2022 See More
Wsj Off Duty Editors, WSJ, 10 Sep. 2022 With their warm, golden glow and the perfect framing, all of the images look Spielbergian. Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 9 Sep. 2022 Excuse @cooperroth 's peculiar framing in the second pic. Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2022 Demos, a nonprofit research organization focused on racial equity, offers an interesting framing to help describe the demographic shift in the working class. Ellen Mcgirt, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2022 Stud wood framing graces the walls and high wood arches holding jugs of moonshine hang from the ceiling, the light catching its reflection. courier-journal.com, 6 Sep. 2022 Any Oscar love is likely to come for Arianne Phillips’s glamorous costumes and cinematographer Matthew Libatique’s sensuous framing. Clayton Davis, Variety, 5 Sep. 2022 Many mainstream media outlets are providing a sympathetic framing to Democratic Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman's decision not to debate his Republican opponent Dr. Mehmet Oz as Fetterman recovers from a stroke. Fox News, 2 Sep. 2022 The production is a play within a play, in which Luci is both Aladdin’s mother, the Widow Twankey, and — in the framing story — a mysterious masked villain killing off the other actors for obscure reasons. Noah Bertlatsky, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1703, in the meaning defined above
framing 1 of 2
noun
as in structure
the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form the framing of the debate will consist of a predetermined order of turns and follow-up comments Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- structure
- framework
- architecture
- frame
- infrastructure
- fabric
- skeleton
- configuration
- shell
- shape
- armature
- edifice
- network
- outline
- lattice
- cadre
- cage
- contour
- profile
- silhouette
- figure
- chassis
framing
2 of 2verb
1
as in producing
to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials framed a unique coffee table from an old, discarded chest of drawers Synonyms & Similar Words
- producing
- making
- manufacturing
- creating
- building
- constructing
- fashioning
- assembling
- fabricating
- forming
- crafting
- shaping
- structuring
- organizing
- molding
- erecting
- designing
- putting together
- rearing
- establishing
- raising
- forging
- hewing
- inventing
- visualizing
- handcrafting
- prefabricating
- devising
- originating
- imagining
- instituting
- throwing up
- making up
- concocting
- picturing
- remaking
- setting up
- knocking out
- envisaging
- contriving
- conceiving
- refashioning
- minting
- fathering
- throwing up
- putting up
- patching (together)
- remanufacturing
- cobbling (together or up)
- cooking (up)
- thinking (up)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- dismantling
- destroying
- flattening
- disassembling
- wrecking
- eradicating
- demolishing
- ruining
- extinguishing
- abolishing
- smashing
- shattering
- devastating
- exterminating
- annihilating
- breaking up
- pulverizing
- dismembering
- taking apart
- exploding
- razing
- blowing up
2
as in negotiating
to plan out usually with subtle skill or care a composer framing the structure of a song Synonyms & Similar Words
- negotiating
- manipulating
- engineering
- arranging
- plotting
- maneuvering
- finessing
- managing
- contriving
- wangling
- finagling
- masterminding
- concluding
- machinating
- concerting
- handling
- hatching
- conducting
- directing
- concocting
- scheming
- hammering out
- conniving
- intriguing
- working out
- brewing
- compassing
- commanding
- gerrymandering
- running
- quarterbacking
- angling (for)
- captaining
- cooking (up)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- mangling
- blowing
- butchering
- bungling
- mishandling
- fumbling
- botching
- gumming (up)
- messing (up)
- bobbling
- flubbing
- muffing
- lousing up
3
as in preparing
to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form you'll need to frame your argument well if you're going to win the debate Synonyms & Similar Words
- preparing
- composing
- drafting
- writing
- crafting
- formulating
- casting
- molding
- shaping
- building
- drawing up
- reframing
- fashioning
- making
- putting together
- phrasing
- wording
- constructing
- fabricating
- forming
- sculpturing
- couching
- assembling
- verbalizing
- devising
- stating
- penning
- expressing
- authoring
- conceiving
- concocting
- compounding
- redrafting
- inditing
- reformulating
- piecing (together)
4
as in planning
to work out the details of (something) in advance framed a schedule for the project Synonyms & Similar Words
- planning
- designing
- organizing
- preparing
- plotting
- arranging
- shaping
- outlining
- devising
- calculating
- projecting
- choreographing
- charting
- blueprinting
- budgeting
- drafting
- contemplating
- sketching
- laying out
- mapping (out)
- contriving
- figuring
- intending
- strategizing (about)
- scheming (out)
- intriguing
- conspiring
- concerting
- meaning
- machinating
- aiming
- premeditating
- meditating
- getting up
- having on
- putting up
5
as in bordering
to serve as a border for trees framed the walkway Synonyms & Similar Words
- bordering
- bounding
- surrounding
- skirting
- edging
- defining
- trimming
- margining
- outlining
- rimming
- encircling
- tracing
- fringing
- silhouetting
- demarcating
- enclosing
- sketching
- walling
- hemming
- looping
- circumscribing
- restricting
- limiting
- confining
- rounding
- controlling
- circling
- delineating
- checking
- restraining
- curbing
- ringing
- girthing
- environing
- inclosing
- girdling
- compassing
- bottom gear
- bottom grass
- bottom heat
- bottom ice
- bottom line
- bottom lines
- bottom out
- bottom plate
- bottom rake
- bottom rot
- bottom round
- bottom sawyer
- bottom shellbark
- bottom shellbark hickory
- bottom stope
- bottom surgeries
- bottom surgery
- bottom tool
- bottom water
- bottom woman
- bottom yeast
- bottom-chrome
- bottom-feeder
- bottom-feeders
- bottom-feeding