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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

brainstormen

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈbʁeːnˌstɔʁmən

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Brainstorm/ˈbreɪn.stɔːm/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Das Team kam zusammen, um kreative Ideen zu brainstormen."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To produce a large number of ideas or ways of solving a problem, usually quickly and in a group.

    "The marketing team met to brainstorm ideas for the upcoming product launch."
As noun
  1. 1

    A spontaneous group discussion to produce ideas and ways of solving problems.

    "We had a productive brainstorm this morning that shaped our campaign strategy."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Coined in the mid-19th century as a colloquialism for an eccentric idea or mental disturbance, the term evolved in the mid-20th century through advertising executive Alex Osborn to describe a conference technique by which a group seeks to find a solution for a specific problem by amassing all the ideas spontaneously contributed by its members.

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