brainstorm

To brainstorm is to think about and try to come up with ideas or solutions to a problem, either on your own or in a group.

(verb)

If you and your co-workers sit around and try to come up with new ideas for an ad campaign, this is an example of when you brainstorm ideas.

The definition of a brainstorm is a sudden idea or plan.

(noun)

When you suddenly come up with an idea for a new electronic device, seemingly out of nowhere, this is an example of a brainstorm.

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See brainstorm in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. Archaic a series of sudden, violent cerebral disturbances
  2. Informal a sudden inspiration, idea, or plan

intransitive verb

to engage in brainstorming

See brainstorm in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A sudden clever plan or idea.
  2. A sudden, violent disturbance of the mind.
verb brain·stormed, brain·storm·ing, brain·storms
verb, intransitive
To engage in or organize brainstorming.
verb, transitive
  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.

Related Forms:

  • brainˈstormˌer noun

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