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frank English

Meaning frank meaning

What does frank mean?
Definitions in simple English

frank Noun

— A frank is a notice on an envelope where a stamp usually is. — A frank is a hot dog or sausage. — A frank is a grey heron.

frank Verb

— If you frank an envelope, you put a frank on it.

frank Adjective

— If you are frank with someone, you are honest to the point of being blunt.

Frank Noun

— A member of the Franks, a Germanic people that lived in parts of what is now France, the Low Countries and Germany.

Frank Proper noun

— Frank is a male given name. — Frank is a surname.

frank

— adjective (= blunt, candid, forthright, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank) characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion blunt talking and straight shooting a blunt New England farmer I gave them my candid opinion forthright criticism a forthright approach to the problem tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank it is possible to be outspoken without being rude plainspoken and to the point a point-blank accusation — adjective clearly manifest; evident frank enjoyment — verb exempt by means of an official pass or letter, as from customs or other checks — noun a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll — verb (= postmark) stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing

Frank

— noun a member of the ancient Germanic peoples who spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire in the 4th century

Synonyms frank synonyms

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Frank English » English

Fransis Francis European

frank English » English

candid straightforward honest open sincere outspoken direct open-hearted forthright truthful blunt point-blank plain ingenuous straight open one’s heart true openhearted hearty frankfurter do the off do the frank upright unreserved plainspoken off free-spoken without reserve wienerwurst wiener weenie transparent straight-from-the-shoulder speak one’s mind postmark obvious manifest hotdog hot dog heart-to-heart guileless genuine dog above-board with no preconceived notions willing wholehearted whole hearted who speaks frankly white

Topics frank topics

What do people use frank to talk about?
Language and thought Communication Say True

Tell the truth

Conjugation frank conjugation

How do you conjugate frank?

frank · verb

Examples frank examples

How do I use frank in a sentence?

Simple sentences

You look like Frank Sinatra.
Frank majored in sociology at university.
Tom and Frank are good friends.
You should be frank, and they will treat you as a friend.
Americans are frank enough to say what they think.
The man who telephoned an hour ago was Frank.
I admire a person who expresses a frank opinion.
He is an extremely frank person.
Let me hear your frank opinion.
Frank Sinatra was an American singer.
Tom is frank.
Be frank with me!
Do you really want me to be frank?
I'll be very frank with you.
Frank can't have been ill. He was playing tennis all day.
Well, to be frank, I don't like it at all.
How's everything these days, Frank?
My father is frank.
He made a frank admission.
You're just a little too frank.

Movie subtitles

You think this nonsense Frank?
The keys are there Frank.
We care about others, Frank.
Frank.
Its mightiest river, the Thames, was, let's be frank, a primitive backwater.
And in the spirit of full and frank disclosure, please be aware that I am now booked into the Family Contraceptive Clinic, and all measures will be in place by our wedding night.
Where's Frank this morning?
Frank Williams.
I need you to find out all you can about Frank Williams and Robert Graham.
Frank J. MARSHALL (Usa).
Have you come to take Frank for a walk.
Good-night Frank.
Frank, Frank. I've changed my mind again.
The leader of that group, Frank Kerr, tame to Leiden to collaborate.
I'll be frank.
Frank Fay?
Oh, it's you, Frank.
Frank Wagstaff, the professor's son.
To be perfectly frank, I dislike you. intensely.
Before coming to work at Universal, Fulton worked for the Frank Williams Laboratory in Hollywood. Where the travelling-matte system had evolved.
Mrs Miniver, Random Harvest, Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt, and that hardy perennial, Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life in 1946 as the memorable Clarence, the angel.
He was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance as the suave but corrupt senator in Frank Capra's Mr Smith Goes to Washington.
Take care of this stranger, Frank.
May I be frank, too?
Why shouldn't we be frank?
I'll be frank with you.
Hello, Frank.
Hiya, Frank.
Why aren't you frank enough to admit that other indecent self in you?
To be frank, Jekyll, I'm not at all satisfied with your conduct.
I will be frank.
Frank and Tommy's coming right in.
I'll be perfectly frank: My sister finds him a burden now.
You're frank about it, anyway.
Hi, Jerry. -Hello, Frank.
Don't go spreading that around, Frank.
Frank, I'm surprised at you.
So long, Frank.

News and current affairs

LONDON - Even after the passage of new financial regulations in the United States, the Dodd-Frank Act, and the publication of the Basel Committee's new capital requirements, the financial sector's prospects over the next few years remain highly uncertain.
The Dodd-Frank Financial Reform Bill, which is about to pass the US Senate, does something similar - and long overdue - for banking.
Now, however, a new form of antitrust arrives - in the form of the Kanjorski Amendment, whose language was embedded in the Dodd-Frank bill.
According to a knowledgeable ECB source, however, Europe's finance ministers regularly meet in secret with the ECB leadership for a mutual and frank exchange of views on monetary policy and other issues.
The recent Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is 848 pages, and requires regulatory agencies to produce several hundred additional documents giving even more detailed rules.
Nonetheless, a frank assessment would acknowledge that this spider has so far caught few flies.
And, whereas the Basel standards continue to refer extensively to credit ratings as the basis for assessing the creditworthiness of borrowers, the Dodd-Frank Act in the US moves away from reliance on ratings.
One influential technique - which Republican pollster Frank Luntz says that he learned from 1984 - simply reverses meanings and turns reality on its head.
Europe's leaders should engage in frank discussions about where European and Russian interests converge or differ, and these discussions should include regional neighbors that are both producer and transit nations, like my own country, Ukraine.
Regardless of whether it's Chancellor Angela Merkel or Foreign Minister Frank Steinmeier, this answer reverberates across the political spectrum, and it is held irrespective of which parties or people form the government.
MEXICO CITY - For Latin America, 2011 was, in Frank Sinatra's terms, a very good year - and 2012 doesn't look like being so bad either.
Let's be frank: Iraq is going the way of Yugoslavia as it disintegrated in the early 1990's.
The United Nations' Arab Human Development Report is frank in its criticism of the region's economic and social progress.
Moreover, he claims that the Dodd-Frank financial-reform legislation is a large factor holding back the recovery.
The United States has already passed legislation requiring public disclosure of payments to governments, through the 2010 Dodd-Frank law.
To meet these challenges successfully, there is no viable alternative to a positive, continuous, and frank engagement between China and the rest of the world.
Tzu-Kung answered: .Our Master gets things (done) by being cordial, frank, courteous, temperate, deferential.
Using legislative language apparently drafted by Citi's own lobbyists, the firm successfully pressed for the repeal of some of the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reforms.
On Dodd-Frank, Democrats - including Obama - are apparently of two minds on the extent to which they should stick up for their own reforms.
These megabanks are making a determined attempt to repeal as much of Dodd-Frank as possible, and the House Republicans seem keen to help them.
It is now obvious that this is not consistent with defending what remains of Dodd-Frank.
The Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 may turn out to be a framework for effective regulation, or it might become another set of empty promises.
In view of the Fed's decidedly mixed track record since the Dodd-Frank reforms, some officials evidently regarded that default by Congress as a mandate to conduct business as usual.
The 2010 Dodd-Frank financial-reform legislation has given the Federal Reserve Board a much larger regulatory role than it had before the crisis.
Evidence of this surfaced when Frank Luntz, a leading Republican political consultant, sent a strategy memo to his clients in 2002.
In the United States, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and new initiatives to monitor the safety of financial products, could alter the architecture of finance.
The passage of the Dodd-Frank Act by Congress represents a significant milestone in the reform of the US financial sector.
Second, the Dodd-Frank Act represents a huge step forward in improving regulation of both individual financial institutions and the system as a whole.

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