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The correct spelling is frank.
How to pronounce frank
/fɹæŋk/
nounIPA: /fɹæŋk/
Say it like: Fra-nk
The correct spelling is frank. Free postage, a right exercised by governments (usually with definite article). For example: "May I be frank with you?"
Usage Examples
“May I be frank with you?”
“The research probes whether treating pre-diabetes with metformin can prevent progression to frank diabetes.”
“Buy a package of franks for the barbecue.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.Free postage, a right exercised by governments (usually with definite article).
- 2.The notice on an envelope where a stamp would normally be found.
- 3.A hot dog or sausage.
- 4.The grey heron.
- 5.A pigsty.
verb
- 1.To place a frank on an envelope.
- 2.To exempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc.
- 3.To send by public conveyance free of expense.
- 4.To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten.
adjective
- 1.Honest, especially in a manner that seems slightly blunt; candid; not reserved or disguised.
- 2.Unmistakable, clinically obvious, self-evident
- 3.Unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free.
- 4.Liberal; generous; profuse.
- 5.Unrestrained; loose; licentious.
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