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# brainstorm

verb (brainstorm, brainstorms, brainstormed, brainstorming); noun (a brainstorm, brainstorms)

«brainstorm» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (verb) To think of lots of ideas quickly, in a group or alone, writing them all down before choosing the best. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainstorm/#m1)
2. (noun) A session of doing this. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainstorm/#m2)
3. (noun, UK, informal) A moment of confusion when you suddenly cannot think. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainstorm/#m3)
4. (noun, US, informal) A sudden clever idea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainstorm/#m4)

### In the lessons

In school, before writing a story, children brainstorm ideas in a mind map or spider diagram. In work and science projects, teams brainstorm solutions. Phrase: brainstorm ideas.

### Examples

- Let's brainstorm ideas for our story. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainstorm/#x1)
- We brainstormed names for the class pet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainstorm/#x2)
- Our group did a brainstorm on the board. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainstorm/#x3)
- I had a brainstorm and forgot my own phone number. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainstorm/#x4)
- She had a brainstorm: why not sell lemonade? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainstorm/#x5)
- Brainstorm all the words you know about the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainstorm/#x6)

### Note

One word. In brainstorming, all ideas are accepted at first; you choose later.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «brainstorm» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainstorm/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«brainstorm» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/brainstorm.html) on Mova free.