Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A method of shared problem solving in which all members of a group spontaneously contribute ideas.
- n. A similar process undertaken by a person to solve a problem by rapidly generating a variety of possible solutions.
Wiktionary
- n. A method of problem solving in which members of a group contribute ideas spontaneously.
- v. present participle of brainstorm.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a group problem-solving technique in which members spontaneously share ideas and solutions
Examples
“A spokeswoman said: 'The DETI does not use the term brainstorming on its training courses on the grounds that it may be deemed pejorative.”
“Please sit with your small learning team cluster group and begin brainstorming wows and wonders you have had so far this year about differentiation.”
The Washington Post: And now, a tragicomic conversation on 'differentiation'
“So, if anyone's interested in brainstorming the idea further please leave a comment below.”
“A developing Social Committee, for those interested in brainstorming fun social events for the League”
We Want To Give You The Best Damn Jewish Sports League. Period. « The Blog at 16th and Q
“Free writing: Begin brainstorming for short story topic”
“These details brought together require skills in brainstorming, mind-stimulation and idea-connection.”
“Definitely interested in brainstorming more on this.”
“And in his drawings he almost singlehandedly invented the modern technique of "brainstorming" -- getting quickly down on paper whatever comes into one's head and leaving judgments for later.”
“I spend a lot of time in my head, crafting what’s going to happen to my characters and what they’re going to say and how they’re going to react to whatever calamity I throw at them, so once all of that brainstorming is done, sitting down and banging out 1k words shouldn’t be too tough.”
“After allowing all the information to settle, I’ll begin brainstorming everything I know about the subject in blast of bullet points.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘brainstorming’.
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brain phrases/words
how brain is used
boiled brains, brain-ache, brain atom, brain axis, brain ball, brain-begot, brain-being, brain-born, brain brat, brain-break, brain-breaking, brain-bred and 140 more...
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WF - nominal compounds (figurative)
An extensive list I have been working on for quite some time. Feel free to add more of the kind if you miss any.
brainstorming, upside, downside, goldplating, bikeshedding, mudslinging, downgrading, headhunter, streamlining, mainstreaming, gerrymandering, frontloading and 503 more...
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POL - cool compounds
scaremongering, facelifting, mudslinging, gerrymandering, goldplating, muscleflexing, headway, pinpointing, hobby-horse, barnstorming, grandfathering, finger-wagging and 31 more...
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English words used in Czech
best-seller, peeling, piercing, snowboard, skateboard, all inclusive, know-how, image, swing, party, spam, playback and 32 more...
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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Alles ganz verschieden
Listed various words that have come into my mind. Will edit them at some point - honestly.
dog-gold, shoulderlooker, mr. considering, the pigwoman, stevie is waiting, chingwybodganpwy, thelandscapeisstu..., couchsurfing, cappuccinodrinking, meat-eater, posher, mae rhaid i fi fynd and 581 more...
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kant's Words
mandrágora, doppelganger, sinestesia, baladí, adriático, chanson, correveidile, angster, dèja vu, otredad, grasshopper, republic and 1074 more...
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sionnach's Words
contumely, fomite, holmgang, poltroon, eleemosynary, obsidian, nugatory, grindcore, felch, recrudescent, pyx, parenteral and 3271 more...
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Vocalublary Awareness
Words I need to use more to increase my vocabulary.
incredulous, prolific, ubiquitous, egregious, aplomb, resilience, persevere, punctilious, perspicacious, inordinate, articulate, enunciate and 199 more...
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mindmasturbatorin's Words
gedankensprung, wahnwitz, impuls, traumtänzer, wortakrobatik, metamorphose, geistesblitz, feinfühligkeit, nabelschau, huckepack, mind-masturbation, gedankenfluss and 11 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for brainstorming.
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