"brainstorming" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: brainstormings [plural]
Etymology: brainstorm + -ing Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|brainstorm|ing}} brainstorm + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} brainstorming (countable and uncountable, plural brainstormings)
  1. A method of problem solving in which members of a group contribute ideas spontaneously. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: blue-sky thinking, masterminding, thought shower Translations (method of problem solving): dinkskrum (Afrikaans), عَصَف ذِهْنِيّ (ʕaṣaf ḏihniyy) [masculine] (Arabic), قَدَح ذِهْنِيّ (qadaḥ ḏihniyy) [masculine] (Arabic), մտագրոհ (mtagroh) (Armenian), ideia-jasa (Basque), мазгавы́ шторм (mazhavý štorm) [masculine] (Belarusian), мазгавы́ штурм (mazhavý šturm) [masculine] (Belarusian), мазгавы́ на́пад (mazhavý nápad) [masculine] (Belarusian), hej-menozioù [masculine] (Breton), мозъчна ата́ка (mozǎčna atáka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), брейнсторминг (brejnstorming) [masculine] (Bulgarian), pluja d'idees [feminine] (Catalan), 頭腦風暴 (Chinese Mandarin), 头脑风暴 (tóunǎo fēngbào) (Chinese Mandarin), 腦力激盪 (Chinese Mandarin), 脑力激荡 (nǎolì jīdàng) (Chinese Mandarin), burza nápadů [feminine] (Czech), brainstorming [masculine] (Czech), brainstorming [common-gender] (Danish), brainstorm [common-gender] (Danish), brainstorm [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), ideŝpruĉado (Esperanto), komuna cerbumado (Esperanto), kuncerbumado [singular] (Esperanto), ajurünnak (Estonian), ajuraju (Estonian), aivoriihi (Finnish), remue-méninge [masculine] (French), brainstorming [masculine] (French), Geistesblitz [masculine] (German), Brainstorming [neuter] (German), καταιγισμός ιδεών (kataigismós ideón) [masculine] (Greek), ιδεοκαταιγισμός (ideokataigismós) [masculine] (Greek), סִעוּר מֹחוֹת (si'úr mokhót) [feminine] (Hebrew), ötletgyűjtés (Hungarian), ötletgyártás (Hungarian), ötletbörze (Hungarian), ötletroham (Hungarian), sumbang saran (Indonesian), curah pendapat (Indonesian), brainstorming [masculine] (Italian), ブレインストーミング (bureinsutōmingu) (Japanese), ブレーンストーミング (burēnsutōmingu) (Japanese), ブレスト (buresuto) (Japanese), ಬುದ್ಧಿದಾಳಿ (buddhidāḷi) (Kannada), ಮುಕ್ತವಾಗಿ ಚರ್ಚಿಸುವ ವಿಧಾನ (muktavāgi carcisuva vidhāna) (Kannada), 브레인스토밍 (beureinseutoming) (Korean), prāta vētras metode [feminine] (Latvian), zaikakelim-pamoahankevitra (Malagasy), sumbang saran (Malay), pemerahan otak (Malay), percambahan minda (Malay), tampung saran (Malay), curah pendapat (Malay), ڤمرهن اوتق (pemerahan utak) (Malay), ڤرچمبهن ميندا (percambahan minda) (Malay), تمڤوڠ سارن (tampung saran) (Malay), چوره ڤنداڤت (curah pendapat) (Malay), idédugnad [masculine] (Norwegian), brainstorming [masculine] (Norwegian), idémyldring [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian), طوفان فکری (tufân fekri) (Persian), بارش فکری (bâreš fekri) (Persian), burza mózgów [feminine] (Polish), tempestade cerebral [feminine] (Portuguese), tempestade de ideias [feminine] (Portuguese), brainstorming [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), brainstorm [masculine] (Portuguese), мозгова́я ата́ка (mozgovája atáka) [feminine] (Russian), мозгово́й штурм (mozgovój šturm) [masculine] (Russian), брейнсто́рминг (brɛjnstórming) [masculine] (Russian), про̀ток иде́ја [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), олу́ја мозгова [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), бу̏ра мозгова [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), брејнсторминг [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pròtok idéja [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), olúja mozgova [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), bȕra mozgova [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), brainstorming [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), možganska nevihta [feminine] (Slovene), brainstorming [masculine] (Slovene), tormenta de ideas [feminine] (Spanish), lluvia de ideas [feminine] (Spanish), brainstorming [feminine] (Spanish), hjärnstorm [common-gender] (Swedish), idékläckning [common-gender] (Swedish), brainstorming [common-gender] (Swedish), spåna [verb] (Swedish), கருத்துதிர்ப்பு (karuttutirppu) (Tamil), beyin fırtınası (Turkish), fikir fırtınası (Turkish), мозкови́й шторм (mozkovýj štorm) [masculine] (Ukrainian), зли́ва іде́й (zlýva idéj) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ґенерува́ння іде́й (generuvánnja idéj) [feminine] (Ukrainian), động não (Vietnamese), công não (Vietnamese), tập kích (Vietnamese), taflu syniadau [masculine] (Welsh), tanio syniadau [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-brainstorming-en-noun-WDAMJkjG

Verb

Etymology: brainstorm + -ing Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|brainstorm|ing}} brainstorm + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} brainstorming
  1. present participle and gerund of brainstorm Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: brainstorm
    Sense id: en-brainstorming-en-verb-7Jp3mEO- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 34 66

Inflected forms

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        {
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "word": "dinkskrum"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʕaṣaf ḏihniyy",
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          "word": "عَصَف ذِهْنِيّ"
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          "word": "قَدَح ذِهْنِيّ"
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          "word": "մտագրոհ"
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          "code": "br",
          "lang": "Breton",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "hej-menozioù"
        },
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "mozǎčna atáka",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "мозъчна ата́ка"
        },
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "brejnstorming",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "брейнсторминг"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pluja d'idees"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "word": "頭腦風暴"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "tóunǎo fēngbào",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "word": "头脑风暴"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "word": "腦力激盪"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "nǎolì jīdàng",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "word": "脑力激荡"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "burza nápadů"
        },
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "brainstorming"
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        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
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        },
        {
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          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "brainstorm"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "word": "ideŝpruĉado"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "word": "komuna cerbumado"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "tags": [
            "singular"
          ],
          "word": "kuncerbumado"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "word": "ajurünnak"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "word": "ajuraju"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "word": "aivoriihi"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "remue-méninge"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "brainstorming"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Geistesblitz"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Brainstorming"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "kataigismós ideón",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "καταιγισμός ιδεών"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ideokataigismós",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ιδεοκαταιγισμός"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "si'úr mokhót",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "סִעוּר מֹחוֹת"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "word": "ötletgyűjtés"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "word": "ötletgyártás"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "word": "ötletbörze"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "word": "ötletroham"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "word": "sumbang saran"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "word": "curah pendapat"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "brainstorming"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "bureinsutōmingu",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "word": "ブレインストーミング"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "burēnsutōmingu",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "word": "ブレーンストーミング"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "buresuto",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "word": "ブレスト"
        },
        {
          "code": "kn",
          "lang": "Kannada",
          "roman": "buddhidāḷi",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "word": "ಬುದ್ಧಿದಾಳಿ"
        },
        {
          "code": "kn",
          "lang": "Kannada",
          "roman": "muktavāgi carcisuva vidhāna",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "word": "ಮುಕ್ತವಾಗಿ ಚರ್ಚಿಸುವ ವಿಧಾನ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "beureinseutoming",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "word": "브레인스토밍"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "prāta vētras metode"
        },
        {
          "code": "mg",
          "lang": "Malagasy",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "word": "zaikakelim-pamoahankevitra"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "word": "sumbang saran"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "word": "pemerahan otak"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "word": "percambahan minda"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "word": "tampung saran"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "word": "curah pendapat"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "roman": "pemerahan utak",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "word": "ڤمرهن اوتق"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "roman": "percambahan minda",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "word": "ڤرچمبهن ميندا"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "roman": "tampung saran",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "word": "تمڤوڠ سارن"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "roman": "curah pendapat",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "word": "چوره ڤنداڤت"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "idédugnad"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "brainstorming"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "idémyldring"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "tufân fekri",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "word": "طوفان فکری"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "bâreš fekri",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "word": "بارش فکری"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "burza mózgów"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tempestade cerebral"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tempestade de ideias"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "brainstorming"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "brainstorm"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "mozgovája atáka",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "мозгова́я ата́ка"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "mozgovój šturm",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "мозгово́й штурм"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "brɛjnstórming",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "брейнсто́рминг"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "про̀ток иде́ја"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "олу́ја мозгова"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "бу̏ра мозгова"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "method of problem solving",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "брејнсторминг"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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      "word": "մտագրոհ"
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      "word": "ideia-jasa"
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mozǎčna atáka",
      "sense": "method of problem solving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "sense": "method of problem solving",
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "method of problem solving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "pluja d'idees"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "method of problem solving",
      "word": "頭腦風暴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tóunǎo fēngbào",
      "sense": "method of problem solving",
      "word": "头脑风暴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "method of problem solving",
      "word": "腦力激盪"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nǎolì jīdàng",
      "sense": "method of problem solving",
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      "sense": "method of problem solving",
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      "sense": "method of problem solving",
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      "word": "καταιγισμός ιδεών"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "word": "ブレスト"
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      "sense": "method of problem solving",
      "word": "ಬುದ್ಧಿದಾಳಿ"
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      "code": "kn",
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      "roman": "muktavāgi carcisuva vidhāna",
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      "word": "ಮುಕ್ತವಾಗಿ ಚರ್ಚಿಸುವ ವಿಧಾನ"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "beureinseutoming",
      "sense": "method of problem solving",
      "word": "브레인스토밍"
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      "code": "lv",
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      "sense": "method of problem solving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "prāta vētras metode"
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      "code": "mg",
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      "sense": "method of problem solving",
      "word": "zaikakelim-pamoahankevitra"
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    {
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      "sense": "method of problem solving",
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    {
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      "word": "percambahan minda"
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    {
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      "word": "tampung saran"
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    {
      "code": "ms",
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      "word": "ڤمرهن اوتق"
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    {
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      "sense": "method of problem solving",
      "word": "ڤرچمبهن ميندا"
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      "word": "چوره ڤنداڤت"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
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      "sense": "method of problem solving",
      "word": "طوفان فکری"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
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      "roman": "bâreš fekri",
      "sense": "method of problem solving",
      "word": "بارش فکری"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "method of problem solving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "burza mózgów"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "method of problem solving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "tempestade cerebral"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "method of problem solving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "tempestade de ideias"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "method of problem solving",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "mozgovája atáka",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "мозгова́я ата́ка"
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      "word": "про̀ток иде́ја"
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "možganska nevihta"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "method of problem solving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tormenta de ideas"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "method of problem solving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "lluvia de ideas"
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      "word": "brainstorming"
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      "sense": "method of problem solving",
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      "word": "hjärnstorm"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "method of problem solving",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "idékläckning"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "brainstorming"
    },
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "method of problem solving",
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      "word": "spåna"
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    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
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      "sense": "method of problem solving",
      "word": "கருத்துதிர்ப்பு"
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      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "method of problem solving",
      "word": "beyin fırtınası"
    },
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      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "method of problem solving",
      "word": "fikir fırtınası"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mozkovýj štorm",
      "sense": "method of problem solving",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "мозкови́й шторм"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zlýva idéj",
      "sense": "method of problem solving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "зли́ва іде́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "generuvánnja idéj",
      "sense": "method of problem solving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ґенерува́ння іде́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "method of problem solving",
      "word": "động não"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "method of problem solving",
      "word": "công não"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "method of problem solving",
      "word": "tập kích"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "method of problem solving",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "taflu syniadau"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "method of problem solving",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tanio syniadau"
    }
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}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -ing",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verb forms"
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          "brainstorm#English"
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