outframe
outframe verb: to frame better than another; exceed or surpass in framing.
Verb
outframe (third-person singular simple present outframes, present participle outframing, simple past and past participle outframed)
- To frame better than another; exceed or surpass in framing.
- The framers of the Constitution were being outframed by the president, and the Democrats in Congress felt helpless to stop it.2009, George Lakoff, The Political Mind
- For example, George Lakoff, a left-wing linguist at the University of California at Berkeley, thinks Democrats have lost many of the modern political battles because they are “outframed” by Republicans, who get their preferred [...]2011, Robert Lane Greene, You Are What You Speak
Forms of outframe
| third-person singular present | outframes |
|---|---|
| present participle | outframing |
| past participle | outframed |
| past | outframed |
Origin of outframe
From out- + frame.
Questions about outframe
- What does outframe mean?
- Outframe means to frame better than another; exceed or surpass in framing.
- What part of speech is outframe?
- Outframe is a verb.
- What is the past tense of outframe?
- The past tense of outframe is outframed.
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