brainstorm

Significat (Anglès)

Verb

1. (intransitive) To investigate something, or solve a problem using brainstorming.
2. (intransitive) To participate in a brainstorming session.
3. (transitive) To think up (ideas); especially, to do so creatively.

Noun

1. (US) A sudden thought, particularly one that solves a long-standing problem.
2. A session of brainstorming, investigating a problem to try to find solutions.
3. (British) An unexpected mental error.
4. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of brain storm (“activity in the brain, such as a seizure or convulsion”).

Conceptes

idea

intuïció

Sinònims

brainwave

insight

brain wave

confer

discuss

folly

infusion

inspiration

rack one’s brain

rack one’s brains

scintillation

afflatus

cudgel one’s brains

brainstorming

Traduccions

Geistesblitz

idea

💡

υστερική κρίση

remue-méninges

se creuser la tête

lampo di genio

idea brillante

estalo

pensar intensamente

usar a cabeça

brainstorm

idéia súbita

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈbɹeɪnstɔː(ɹ)m/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From brain + storm. In the sense of "problem-solve", devised as a method of group creative problem-solving by advertising executive Alex F. Osborn and his employees, who coined the term based on the image of using "the brain to storm a problem". First use appears c. 1945. In the sense of "seizure, convulsion, brain activity", from the unrelated idea that it resembles a storm in the brain. First use appears c. 1861.