Definitions
try to solve a problem by thinking intensely about it
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“I need you to brainstorm some suggestions for next week's activity schedule.”
“I had been working on the problem for weeks, and then I had a brainstorm and saw that the solution was easy.”
“electrical brainstorm”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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