frankadjective
uk/fræŋk/us/fræŋk/honest, sincere, and telling the truth, even when this might be awkward or make other people uncomfortable:
a full and frank discussion
There followed a frank exchange of views.
The magazine, which gives frank advice about sex and romance, is aimed at the teenage market.
To be perfectly frank with you, I don't think she's the person for the job.
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Blunt and direct in speech & behaviour
- baldly
- blunt
- bluntly
- brusque
- brutal
- forward
- in a word idiom
- in the raw idiom
- man-to-man
- mince
- not mince (your) words idiom
- pull
- raw
- shoot
- shoot from the hip idiom
- straight
- term
- terse
- unvarnished
- woman-to-woman
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frankverb [ T ]
uk/fræŋk/us/fræŋk/to print a mark on a stamp so that the stamp cannot be used again, or to print a mark on an envelope to show that the cost of sending it has been paid
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Communications - the postal system
- certified mail
- consign
- direct mail
- express
- letterbox
- mail slot
- mailbag
- mass mailing
- p. and p.
- pillar box
- pin code
- PO
- postmaster
- shipping and handling
- snail mail
- stamp
- surface mail
- window
- zip code
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