brainstorming

American  

[breyn-stawr-ming] / ˈbreɪnˌstɔr mɪŋ /

noun

1. a technique for generating ideas and solving specific problems with uncensored and nonlinear thinking, usually performed through group participation in a spontaneous discussion where all ideas are noted without assigning them value, and no proposal is selected or discarded until after the conclusion of the creative exercise.

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brainstorming British  

/ ˈbreɪnˌstɔːmɪŋ /

noun

1. intensive discussion to solve problems or generate ideas

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Etymology

Origin of brainstorming

First recorded in 1955–60; brainstorm + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

"I'm blessed that there was a couple of things that I did back then in the 90s - one of them was Trainspotting and the other one's the Full Monty," he says.

From BBC • Sep. 18, 2025

He tells me that before writing Trainspotting he had decided "this is my last chance to do something creative".

From BBC • Jul. 10, 2025

"Because of Trainspotting and the reputation of the building, we are not respected, our voices are not respected," she said.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2025

When tour buses drove past the Banana Flats on the way to Edinburgh's Port of Leith, guides with microphones would describe it as the "Trainspotting building".

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2025

The Threepenny Opera was a kind of Trainspotting for the late 1920s, presenting the middle classes with a grimy, warts-and-all vision of the alienated, nihilistic underclass.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall