brainstorm

I. brain‧storm /ˈbreɪnstɔːm $ -stɔːrm/ BrE AmE noun
1. [countable usually singular] American English a sudden clever idea SYN brainwave British English:
Kirby had a sudden brainstorm.
2. [countable] British English informal if you have a brainstorm, you are suddenly unable to think clearly or sensibly:
I must have had a brainstorm that afternoon.
II. See main entry: ↑brainstorming

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

2. (NAmE) = brainwave

▪ II. brain·storm [brainstorm brainstorms brainstormed brainstorming] [ˈbreɪnstɔːm] ; [ˈbreɪnstɔːrm] verb transitive, intransitive

• ~ (sth) Brainstorm as many ideas as possible.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

brainstorm / ˈbreɪn.stɔːm / / -stɔːrm / verb [ I or T ]

(of a group of people) to suggest a lot of ideas for a future activity very quickly before considering some of them more carefully:

The team got together to brainstorm (the project).

Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

brainstorm

/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.
N-COUNT

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
N-COUNT

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.
N-UNCOUNT

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

brainstorm

²brainstorm verb -storms; -stormed; -storm·ing : to try to solve a problem by talking with other people : to discuss a problem and suggest solutions

[no obj]

• We need to brainstorm about this.

[+ obj]

• They had a meeting to brainstorm some ideas.
- brainstorming noun [noncount]
• We did some brainstorming and came up with some ideas.
• We had a brainstorming session.

American English

British English

suggestions and proposals

verb

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