BRAINSTORM


Meaning of BRAINSTORM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ breɪnstɔ:(r)m ]

( brainstorms, brainstorming, brainstormed)

1.

If you have a brainstorm , you suddenly become unable to think clearly. ( BRIT )

I can have a brainstorm and be very extravagant.

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2.

If you have a brainstorm , you suddenly have a clever idea. ( AM; in BRIT, usually use brainwave )

‘Look,’ she said, getting a brainstorm, ‘Why don’t you invite them here?’

= brainwave

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3.

If a group of people brainstorm , they have a meeting in which they all put forward as many ideas and suggestions as they can think of.

The women meet twice a month to brainstorm and set business goals for each other...

We can brainstorm a list of the most influential individuals in the company.

VERB : V , V n

• brain‧storming

Hundreds of ideas had been tried and discarded during two years of brainstorming.

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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне.