frank
part of speech
adjective (frank, franker, frankest); noun, proper name (Frank, a boy's or man's name)
meaning for a pupil
1) Frank is a boy's or man's name, often short for Francis or Franklin. tree →
2) Frank means honest and open: a frank person says what they really think, even if it is not nice to hear. tree →
3) Frankly (adverb) means «to be honest», said before giving a true opinion. tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths stories Frank is a name of a person in the story only; it carries no clue, it just tells whose amount it is. In everyday life a frank answer or a frank talk is honest and direct. Phrases: «to be frank», «frankly speaking», «a frank talk».
examples
- Frank has 12 stickers. tree →
- Frank gives 4 to his sister. tree →
- Frank reads 10 pages a day. tree →
- To be frank, I did not like the film. tree →
- The doctor was frank with us about the broken arm. tree →
- Dad and I had a frank talk about my grades. tree →
- Frankly, the test was harder than I thought. tree →
- My friend Frank lives next door to me. tree →
- There came Frank the cutler, and Sivert the exciseman. tree →
note
A name only in maths problems; it carries no clue. Keep track of whose amount is Frank's when several people appear. As a name it starts with a capital F; as the adjective it is lower case. Frank is not rude by itself: it means honest, but a frank remark can still hurt, so say it kindly.
In the corpora
- "A full and frank exchange of views" means a serious argument.
- "A frank exchange of views" means an angry argument; it is the language of officials and news reports.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «frank» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.