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brainstorm /ˈbreɪnstɔːm /noun1British informal A moment in which one is suddenly unable to think clearly or act sensibly: we can only assume that someone simply had a brainstorm and left the important bits out...- Annabel Goldie had a brainstorm - or maybe she's on something - and started flirting with Jack at Question Time.
- Whatever happened, I had a brainstorm, because I thought I had always understood the way it worked.
- In it he wrote about his brainstorms and his ‘horrible feeling of stress’ which made his body twitch.
2A spontaneous group discussion to produce ideas and ways of solving problems: the participants held a brainstorm [as modifier]: brainstorm exercises...- A survey by Business Link revealed that few rated brainstorms or discussions at work with colleagues.
- To work with staff, consider an informal brainstorm luncheon to seek new ideas for training sessions.
- Often we would go into brainstorms, giving new ideas to the designer of the game.
2.1North American informal A sudden clever idea: these three brainstorms may flop like other well-intentioned innovations...- Armed with a regiment of recipes, which had been perfected over months, Burke had a last minute brainstorm and completely changed his menu the day of the competition.
- I did very little production on this, I supervised and project managed the design team and dealt with several staff issues but actually had minimal design input past the brainstorm.
- He ponders the situation for a moment, then has a brainstorm: he sticks the small red ice-scraper in the snow to mark the spot.
verb [no object]Hold a group discussion to produce ideas: (as noun modifier brainstorming) a brainstorming session...- Schweitzer and his marketing team brainstormed 50 to 60 ideas for the auction, which took months to coordinate with staff from CBS shows.
- They helped each other both as crew and in class discussions as they brainstormed their ideas and talked about techniques for expressing themselves.
- Get a group of friends together and spend one hour brainstorming for more ideas how you can help Israel.
Rhymes rainstorm |