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# brainstorming

noun (brainstorming, uncountable); verb, -ing form of brainstorm

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

## Everyday

A way of finding ideas where people say every idea that comes to mind, quickly and without judging, then choose the best ones. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainstorming/#m1)

### In the lessons

A school and work method: before writing, planning a project or solving a problem, the class does brainstorming on the board or on sticky notes. Rules: no idea is silly, write everything, build on others' ideas.

### Examples

- Brainstorming helped us plan our science fair project. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainstorming/#x1)
- We spent ten minutes brainstorming words for the poem. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainstorming/#x2)
- In brainstorming, every idea counts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainstorming/#x3)
- Our team is brainstorming ways to save water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainstorming/#x4)
- Brainstorming works better when everyone takes a turn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainstorming/#x5)

### Note

Uncountable as a noun: «some brainstorming». Related: mind map, spider diagram.

## On Mova

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