"brain drain" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: brain drains [plural]
enPR: brānʹ-drān Etymology: Spokesmen for the Royal Society of London first coined this expression to describe the outflow of scientists and technologists to the United States and Canada in the early 1950s. Head templates: {{en-noun}} brain drain (plural brain drains)
  1. The migration of educated or talented people from less economically advanced areas to more economically advanced areas, especially to large cities or richer countries. Categories (topical): Human migration Translations (emigration of educated people): breindrein (Afrikaans), هِجْرَة الأَدْمِغَة (alt: hijra(t) al-ʔadmiḡa) [feminine] (Arabic), هِجْرَة العُقُول (alt: hijra(t) al-ʕuqūl) [feminine] (Arabic), ուղեղների արտահոսք (uġeġneri artahoskʿ) (Armenian), уцечка мазгоў (ucječka mazhóŭ) [feminine] (Belarusian), адток мазгоў (adtók mazhóŭ) [masculine] (Belarusian), уцёкі мазгоў (ucjóki mazhóŭ) [plural] (Belarusian), выцек мазгоў (vycjek mazhóŭ) [masculine] (Belarusian), fuga de cervells [feminine] (Catalan), fugida de cervells [feminine] (Catalan), 人才外流 (réncái wàiliú) (Chinese Mandarin), 人才流失 (réncái liúshī) (Chinese Mandarin), odliv mozků [masculine] (Czech), braindrain [masculine] (Dutch), hersenvlucht [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), kennisvlucht [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), cerbofuĝo (Esperanto), ajude äravool (Estonian), aivovuoto (Finnish), aivovienti (Finnish), fuite des cerveaux [feminine] (French), exode des cerveaux [Quebec, masculine] (French), Braindrain [masculine] (German), Gehirn-Abfluss [masculine] (German), Talentschwund [masculine] (German), בְּרִיחַת מוֹחוֹת (briẖát moẖót) [feminine] (Hebrew), agyelszívás (Hungarian), fuga dei cervelli [feminine] (Italian), fuga di cervelli [feminine] (Italian), 頭脳流出 (zunō ryūshutsu) (alt: ずのうりゅうしゅつ) (Japanese), ಪ್ರತಿಭಾ ಪಲಾಯನ (pratibhā palāyana) (Kannada), 두뇌유출 (dunoeyuchul) (alt: 頭腦流出) (Korean), 인재유출 (injaeyuchul) (Korean), 인적자원 유출 (injeokjawon yuchul) (Korean), briekingsdrieëg [masculine] (Limburgish), hjerneflukt [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), فرار مغزها (farâr-e mağz-hâ) (Persian), drenaż mózgów [masculine] (Polish), fuga de cérebros [feminine] (Portuguese), brain drain [neuter] (Romanian), уте́чка мозго́в (utéčka mozgóv) [feminine] (Russian), уте́чка умо́в (utéčka umóv) [feminine] (Russian), fuga de cerebros [feminine] (Spanish), kompetensflykt [common-gender] (Swedish), kunskapsflykt [common-gender] (Swedish), hjärnflykt [common-gender] (Swedish), forskarflykt [common-gender] (Swedish), talangflykt [common-gender] (Swedish), สมองไหล (sà-mɔ̌ɔng-lǎi) (Thai), beyin göçü (Turkish), ві́дті́к мі́зків (vídtík mízkiv) [masculine] (Ukrainian), chảy máu chất xám (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-brain_drain-en-noun-UcboIXVi Disambiguation of Human migration: 58 42 Disambiguation of 'emigration of educated people': 91 9
  2. (medicine, informal) A Jackson-Pratt drain. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Medicine Derived forms: reverse brain drain
    Sense id: en-brain_drain-en-noun-j6g0CV0R Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English reduplications, English rhyming compounds, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 11 89 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 19 81 Disambiguation of English reduplications: 18 82 Disambiguation of English rhyming compounds: 25 75 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 18 82 Topics: medicine, sciences

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        {
          "ref": "2023 October 4, Philip Haigh, “HS2's rising costs: government only has itself to blame”, in RAIL, number 993, page 53",
          "text": "Former HS2 Ltd chairman Sir David Higgins provided a timely reminder of why Britain needs HS2 in a letter to The Times on September 25, in which he asked: \"Why are so few FTSE 100 companies based outside the South East? Why is there such a brain drain of graduates from the North? Why do northern cities underperform compared with their European counterparts?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The migration of educated or talented people from less economically advanced areas to more economically advanced areas, especially to large cities or richer countries."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "migration",
          "migration"
        ],
        [
          "educated",
          "educated"
        ],
        [
          "talented",
          "talented"
        ],
        [
          "advanced",
          "advanced"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "en:Medicine"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A Jackson-Pratt drain."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "Jackson-Pratt drain",
          "Jackson-Pratt drain"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(medicine, informal) A Jackson-Pratt drain."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "brānʹ-drān"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "word": "breindrein"
    },
    {
      "alt": "hijra(t) al-ʔadmiḡa",
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "هِجْرَة الأَدْمِغَة"
    },
    {
      "alt": "hijra(t) al-ʕuqūl",
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "هِجْرَة العُقُول"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "uġeġneri artahoskʿ",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "word": "ուղեղների արտահոսք"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "ucječka mazhóŭ",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "уцечка мазгоў"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "adtók mazhóŭ",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "адток мазгоў"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "ucjóki mazhóŭ",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "уцёкі мазгоў"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vycjek mazhóŭ",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "выцек мазгоў"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fuga de cervells"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fugida de cervells"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "réncái wàiliú",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "word": "人才外流"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "réncái liúshī",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "word": "人才流失"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "odliv mozků"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "braindrain"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hersenvlucht"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kennisvlucht"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "word": "cerbofuĝo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "word": "ajude äravool"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "word": "aivovuoto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "word": "aivovienti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fuite des cerveaux"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "tags": [
        "Quebec",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "exode des cerveaux"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Braindrain"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Gehirn-Abfluss"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Talentschwund"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "briẖát moẖót",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "בְּרִיחַת מוֹחוֹת"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "word": "agyelszívás"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fuga dei cervelli"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fuga di cervelli"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ずのうりゅうしゅつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "zunō ryūshutsu",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "word": "頭脳流出"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "pratibhā palāyana",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "word": "ಪ್ರತಿಭಾ ಪಲಾಯನ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "頭腦流出",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "dunoeyuchul",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "word": "두뇌유출"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "injaeyuchul",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "word": "인재유출"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "injeokjawon yuchul",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "word": "인적자원 유출"
    },
    {
      "code": "li",
      "lang": "Limburgish",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "briekingsdrieëg"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hjerneflukt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "farâr-e mağz-hâ",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "word": "فرار مغزها"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "drenaż mózgów"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fuga de cérebros"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "brain drain"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "utéčka mozgóv",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "уте́чка мозго́в"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "utéčka umóv",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "уте́чка умо́в"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fuga de cerebros"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kompetensflykt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kunskapsflykt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hjärnflykt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "forskarflykt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "talangflykt"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sà-mɔ̌ɔng-lǎi",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "word": "สมองไหล"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "word": "beyin göçü"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vídtík mízkiv",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ві́дті́к мі́зків"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "emigration of educated people",
      "word": "chảy máu chất xám"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Royal Society of London",
    "brain drain"
  ],
  "word": "brain drain"
}

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