brainwavenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbreɪn.weɪv/us/ˈbreɪn.weɪv/brainwave noun [ C ] (IDEA)
UK informal US brainstorm a sudden clever idea:
I couldn't see how I could get home from the station - then I had a brainwave.
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Ideas, concepts and theories
- abstract
- afterthought
- brainchild
- concept
- conception
- construct
- dogma
- fancy
- inspiration
- intellectual property
- IP
- ism
- meat
- proposition
- propositional
- punctuated equilibrium
- sacred cow
- straw man
- tenet
- thrust
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brainwave noun [ C ] (PATTERN)
any of several patterns of electrical activity in the brain
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The brain & nervous system
- -brained
- amygdala
- arachnoid
- ascending
- autonomic nervous system
- ganglion
- grey matter
- innervate
- innervation
- intracranial
- intrathecal
- lobe
- nerve cell
- neuron
- peripheral nervous system
- postganglionic
- preganglionic
- reflex arc
- sensory neuron
- synapse
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