brainstorm

«brainstorm» in Mova's school dictionary: To think of lots of ideas quickly, in a group or alone… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (brainstorm, brainstorms, brainstormed, brainstorming); noun (a brainstorm, brainstorms)

meaning for a pupil

1) (verb) To think of lots of ideas quickly, in a group or alone, writing them all down before choosing the best. tree →

2) (noun) A session of doing this. tree →

3) (noun, UK, informal) A moment of confusion when you suddenly cannot think. tree →

4) (noun, US, informal) A sudden clever idea. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school, before writing a story, children brainstorm ideas in a mind map or spider diagram. In work and science projects, teams brainstorm solutions. Phrase: brainstorm ideas.

examples

• Let's brainstorm ideas for our story. tree →
• We brainstormed names for the class pet. tree →
• Our group did a brainstorm on the board. tree →
• I had a brainstorm and forgot my own phone number. tree →
• She had a brainstorm: why not sell lemonade? tree →
• Brainstorm all the words you know about the sea. tree →

note

One word. In brainstorming, all ideas are accepted at first; you choose later.

In the corpora

• Teachers often allow AI for brainstorming but not for writing your work; ask first when unsure.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «brainstorm» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.