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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024frank•ness (frangk′nis),USA pronunciation n. - plainness of speech;
candor;
openness.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024frank1 /fræŋk/USA pronunciation adj., -er, -est. - direct;
holding nothing back:frank criticism.
n. [countable] - Stampsa stamp, printed marking, or signature on a piece of mail indicating that postal charges have been paid.
v. [~ + object] - Stampsto mark (mail) for transmission by a stamp, imprint, or signature:Department mail was free and franked through the university.
frank•ly, adv.: They spoke freely and frankly. frank•ness, n. [uncountable]frank2 /fræŋk/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Fooda frankfurter.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024frank1 (frangk),USA pronunciation adj., -er, -est, n., v. adj. - direct and unreserved in speech;
straightforward;
sincere:Her criticism of my work was frank but absolutely fair. - without inhibition or subterfuge;
direct;
undisguised:a frank appeal for financial aid. - [Pathol.]unmistakable;
clinically evident:frank blood. - [Archaic.]liberal or generous.
- [Obs.]free.
n. - a signature or mark affixed by special privilege to a letter, package, or the like to ensure its transmission free of charge, as by mail.
- the privilege of franking letters, packages, etc.
- a franked letter, package, etc.
v.t. - to mark (a letter, package, etc.) for transmission free of the usual charge, by virtue of official or special privilege;
send free of charge, as mail. - to convey (a person) free of charge.
- to enable to pass or go freely:to frank a visitor through customs.
- to facilitate the comings and goings of (a person), esp. in society:A sizable inheritance will frank you faster than anything else.
- to secure exemption for.
- [Carpentry.]to assemble (millwork, as sash bars) with a miter joint through the moldings and a butt joint or mortise-and-tenon joint for the rest.
- Late Latin francus free, origin, originally Frank
- Old French franc
- Middle English 1250–1300
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged unrestrained, free, bold, uninhibited. Frank, candid, open, outspoken imply a freedom and boldness in speaking. Frank is applied to one unreserved in expressing the truth and to one's real opinions and sentiments:a frank analysis of a personal problem.Candid suggests that one is sincere and truthful or impartial and fair in judgment, sometimes unpleasantly so:a candid expression of opinion.Open implies a lack of reserve or of concealment:open antagonism.Outspoken applies to a person who expresses himself or herself freely, even when this is inappropriate:an outspoken and unnecessary show of disapproval.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged restrained.
frank2 (frangk),USA pronunciation n. [Informal.]- Foodfrankfurter.
- by shortening 1900–05, American.
- Ancient History, Biographical, World Historya member of a group of ancient Germanic peoples dwelling in the regions of the Rhine, one division of whom, the Salians, conquered Gaul about a.d. 500, founded an extensive kingdom, and gave origin to the name France.
- Biographical, World History(in the Levant) any native of western Europe.
- Middle English Franke, Old English Franca (cognate with Old High German Franko), perh. from the Gmc base of Old English franka spear, javelin, a weapon allegedly favored by the Franks bef. 900
Ger. frängk),USA pronunciation n. - Anne, 1929–45, German Jewish girl who died in Belsen concentration camp in Germany: her diaries about her family hiding from Nazis in Amsterdam (1942–44) published in 1947.
Il•ya Mi•khai•lo•vich (ē lyä′ myi khī′ lə vyich),USA pronunciation 1908–90, Russian physicist: Nobel prize 1958.Le•on•hard (lā′ôn härt),USA pronunciation 1882–1961, German novelist.- Biographical Waldo, 1889–1967, U.S. novelist and social critic.
- a male given name, form of Francis or Franklin.
Frank., - Language Varieties, Ancient HistoryFrankish.
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