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  • 1brainstorm — [[t]bre͟ɪnstɔː(r)m[/t]] brainstorms, brainstorming, brainstormed 1) N COUNT If you have a brainstorm, you suddenly become unable to think clearly. [BRIT] I can have a brainstorm and be very extravagant. 2) N COUNT If you have a brainstorm, you… …

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  • 2brainstorm — noun 1 have a brainstorm BrE informal to suddenly be unable to think clearly or sensibly: I m sorry, I must have had a brainstorm that afternoon. 2 (singular) AmE a sudden clever idea; brainwave BrE: have a brainstorm: Unless you have a… …

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  • 3brainstorm — brain|storm [ˈbreınsto:m US sto:rm] n 1.) [C usually singular] a sudden clever idea British Equivalent: brainwave ▪ Kirby had a sudden brainstorm . 2.) BrE informal if you have a brainstorm, you are suddenly unable to think clearly or sensibly ▪… …

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  • 4brainstorm — n. (AE) sudden bright idea to have a brainstorm (see the Usage Note for wave) * * * [ breɪnstɔːm] (AE) [ sudden bright idea ] to have a brainstorm (see the Usage Note for wave) …

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  • 5Brainstorm — is the mental process of developing and organizing ideas. It may refer to:* The Brainstorm defence (1906) used in the trial of Harry K. Thaw for the murder of Stanford White, based on a British use of brainstorm as a form of insanity. *… …

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  • 6brainstorm — Ⅰ. brainstorm UK US /ˈbreɪnstɔːm/ verb [I or T] ► MEETINGS to meet in a group to suggest a lot of new ideas very quickly, with the intention of considering them more carefully later: »Engineers from all over the company met every couple of weeks… …

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  • 7brainstorm — ► NOUN 1) informal a moment in which one is suddenly unable to think clearly. 2) a spontaneous group discussion to produce ideas. ► VERB ▪ have a spontaneous discussion to produce ideas …

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  • 8Brainstorm (Latvian band) — Infobox musical artist Name = Brainstorm Img capt = Brainstorm in Preiļi 2008 Img size = Landscape = Background = group or band Origin = Jelgava, Latvian SSR, USSR Genre = Rock,Motif Rock Years active = 1989 present Label = Microphone Records… …

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  • 9Brainstorm (1983 film) — Infobox Film name = Brainstorm caption = Film poster director = Douglas Trumbull producer = Douglas Trumbull writer = Philip Frank Messina Robert Stitzel from a story by Bruce Joel Rubin starring = Christopher Walken Natalie Wood Louise Fletcher… …

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  • 10brainstorm — I UK [ˈbreɪnˌstɔː(r)m] / US [ˈbreɪnˌstɔrm] noun [countable] Word forms brainstorm : singular brainstorm plural brainstorms 1) British a situation in which you cannot think clearly so that you do or say something silly Sorry – I must have been… …

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