frame

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Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

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Definition

  1. noun the framework for a pair of eyeglasses
  2. noun a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film
  3. noun alternative names for the body of a human being

Etymology

From Middle English framen, fremen, fremmen (“to construct, build, strengthen, refresh, perform, execute, profit, avail”), from Old English framian, fremian, fremman (“to profit, avail, advance”), from Proto-West Germanic *frammjan, from Proto-Germanic *framjaną (“to further, promote, perform”), from Proto-Indo-European *promo- (“front, forward”). Cognate with Low German framen (“to commit, effect”), Danish fremme (“to promote, further, perform”), Swedish främja (“to promote, encourage, foster”), Icelandic fremja (“to commit”). More at from.

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