brainstorm (redirected from brainstormed)

brain·storm  (brnstôrm)

n.

1. A sudden clever plan or idea.

2. A sudden, violent disturbance of the mind.

v. brain·stormed, brain·storm·ing, brain·storms

v.intr.

To engage in or organize brainstorming.

v.tr.

1. To consider or investigate (an issue, for example) by brainstorming.

2. To think of or produce (a solution to a problem, for example) by brainstorming.

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brainstormer n.

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brainstorm [ˈbreɪnˌstɔːm]

n

1. (Medicine / Pathology) a severe outburst of excitement, often as the result of a transitory disturbance of cerebral activity

2. Brit informal a sudden mental aberration

3. Informal another word for brainwave

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brainstorm - By the 1890s, it was a medical term for "mental explosion".

See also related terms for medical+term.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	brainstorm - the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation brainwave, insight discernment, savvy, understanding, apprehension - the cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect" light - mental understanding as an enlightening experience; "he finally saw the light"; "can you shed light on this problem?" revelation - an enlightening or astonishing disclosure breakthrough, find, discovery - a productive insight flash - a sudden brilliant understanding; "he had a flash of intuition"
Verb	1.	brainstorm - try to solve a problem by thinking intensely about it cerebrate, cogitate, think - use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere"

Translations

brainstorm [ˈbreɪnstɔːm]

A. N

1. (Brit) (fig) → ataque m de locura, frenesí m

2. (US) = brainwave

B. VI hacer una puesta en común de ideas y sugerencias

C. VT [+ ideas] → poner en común

brainstorm [ˈbreɪnstɔː^rm]

n

(British) (= moment of madness) → moment m d'égarement

(US) (= brainwave) → idée f de génie

vi → faire du brainstorming

vt [+ ideas] → explorer

brainstorm [ˈbreɪnˌstɔːm] n (Brit) (fig) → attacco di pazzia (Am) = brainwave