brainstorm

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brainstorm [verb]

(of a group of people) to suggest a lot of ideas for a future activity very quickly before considering some of them more carefully

US /ˈbreɪn.stɔːrm/ 
UK /ˈbreɪn.stɔːm/ 

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The team got together to brainstorm (the project).

The team got together to brainstorm (the project).

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

brainstorm

I. brainstorm /ˈbreɪnstɔːm $ -stɔːrm/ BrE AmE noun
1. [countable usually singular] American English a sudden clever idea SYN brainwave British English:
Kirby had a sudden brainstorm.
2. [countable] British English informal if you have a brainstorm, you are suddenly unable to think clearly or sensibly:
I must have had a brainstorm that afternoon.
II. See main entry: ↑brainstorming

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

2. (NAmE) =  brainwave

II. brain·storm [brainstorm brainstorms brainstormed brainstorming]   [ˈbreɪnstɔːm]  ;   [ˈbreɪnstɔːrm]  verb transitive, intransitive

~ (sth) Brainstorm as many ideas as possible.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

brainstorm / ˈbreɪn.stɔːm /   / -stɔːrm / verb [ I or T ]

(of a group of people) to suggest a lot of ideas for a future activity very quickly before considering some of them more carefully:

The team got together to brainstorm (the project).

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Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

brainstorm

/breɪnstɔ:(r)m/
(brainstorms, brainstorming, brainstormed)

1.
If you have a brainstorm, you suddenly become unable to think clearly. (BRIT)
I can have a brainstorm and be very extravagant.
N-COUNT

2.
If you have a brainstorm, you suddenly have a clever idea. (AM; in BRIT, usually use brainwave)
‘Look,’ she said, getting a brainstorm, ‘Why don’t you invite them here?’
= brainwave
N-COUNT

3.
If a group of people brainstorm, they have a meeting in which they all put forward as many ideas and suggestions as they can think of.
The women meet twice a month to brainstorm and set business goals for each other...
We can brainstorm a list of the most influential individuals in the company.
VERB: V, V n
brain‧storming
Hundreds of ideas had been tried and discarded during two years of brainstorming.
N-UNCOUNT

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

brainstorm

2brainstorm verb -storms; -stormed; -storm·ing : to try to solve a problem by talking with other people : to discuss a problem and suggest solutions

[no obj]

• We need to brainstorm about this.

[+ obj]

• They had a meeting to brainstorm some ideas.
- brainstorming noun [noncount]
• We did some brainstorming and came up with some ideas.
• We had a brainstorming session.