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# brainstorming

«brainstorming» in Mova's school dictionary: **A way of finding ideas where people say every idea that…** — 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

noun (brainstorming, uncountable); verb, -ing form of brainstorm

### meaning for a pupil

A way of finding ideas where people say every idea that comes to mind, quickly and without judging, then choose the best ones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainstorming/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

A school and work method: before writing, planning a project or solving a problem, the class does brainstorming on the board or on sticky notes. Rules: no idea is silly, write everything, build on others' ideas.

### examples

- Brainstorming helped us plan our science fair project. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainstorming/#x1)
- We spent ten minutes brainstorming words for the poem. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainstorming/#x2)
- In brainstorming, every idea counts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainstorming/#x3)
- Our team is brainstorming ways to save water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainstorming/#x4)
- Brainstorming works better when everyone takes a turn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainstorming/#x5)

### note

Uncountable as a noun: «some brainstorming». Related: mind map, spider diagram.

### In the corpora

- [Teachers often allow AI for brainstorming but not for writing your work; ask first when unsure.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/10-using-ai-to-learn-not-to-copy/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «brainstorming» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainstorming/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.