Meaning of framing in English

framing
noun
uk
/ˈfreɪ.mɪŋ/ us
/ˈfreɪ.mɪŋ/

framing noun (STRUCTURE)

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[ U ]
the basic structure that surrounds and supports something such as a building, vehicle, or piece of furniture:
The framing around the church entrance was still standing, but everything else was reduced to rubble.
A decorative lattice conceals the framing underneath.
Synonym
frame
[ U ]
the process of putting a wood, metal, etc. border around a picture, etc., or the border itself:
A selection of photographs from the wedding have gone to the shop for framing.
Having decided on the type and style of framing for your picture, you must make sure that you buy the right materials.
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framing noun (IN ART, LITERATURE, ETC.)

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the way that the parts of something such as a photograph or scene in a film are arranged so that the objects, colours, etc. around the edges draw attention to the main feature of the image:
He uses framing, composition, and lighting to create unforgettable images.
The camerawork is good, and the framing shows real imagination.
I like to film what is in front of me, rather than go into elaborate framings or effects.
[ C or U ]
the process of putting something such as a story, scene, or explanation at the beginning and end of a book, film, etc., as a way of explaining something about the main story:
The modern framing of the story creates a shift in perspective.
Hannah is the voice of the film's framing narrative.
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framing device
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framing noun (EXPRESSION)

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the way that something is expressed, and the words that are chosen to do this:
In any opinion poll, the framing of the questions is an important consideration.
The results of the research could be used in the framing of policy.
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the ideas and meanings that are connected with something when it is described or discussed, so that people understand it in a particular way:
I disagree with the framing of these problems as inevitable.
These negative framings aimed to represent the employees as people who had already been excessively rewarded.
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framing noun (FOR CRIME)

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the action of making a person seem to be guilty of a crime when they are not, by giving information that is not true:
At the heart of the show is his framing for the murder of his brother.
They say their goal is to represent the victims of police framings.
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(Definition of framing from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of framing

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If wood should it be platform or heavy timber framing?
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While definitions of the cognitive framing exercise generate much consensus, the literature does use the term in a second, fundamentally different way.
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The reliance on economic framing of regulation, though, signaled a major change in rhetorical emphasis.
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These modification statements may in turn suffer from framing bias.
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The framing of discourse, then, resonates strongly with the way the exhibits themselves are framed visually.
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This involved a careful but not always conscious negotiation of positions and the framing of both co-operative and oppositional strategies.
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Although the user and the architect can legitimately be defined as each other's counterparts, the symposium offered other ways of framing the issue.
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Meaning is given to the musical performances of the festival because they operate and are interpreted within particular framing strategies.
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In fact there are even more general framing effects, not involving gains or losses.
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However, evaluating the benefits associated with working longer is likely to be plagued with a number of framing and bias issues.
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We suggest that the agent exhibits a framing effect if and only if two conditions are met.
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We suggest that the agent exhibits a framing effect if and only if two conditions are met, one logical and one empirical.
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Nothing there is not commonplace, but with chosen framings and angles, we discover new views of locations and places.
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And such framing disadvantages faced by movements are, of course, closely related to their relatively weak social-structural positions.
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The analysis of the news content focused on the framing content the article tried to promote.
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