brainpower

[breyn-pou-er]

noun

1. intellectual capacity; mental ability.

2. people with superior mental abilities.

   an emergency medical conference of all available brainpower.

brainpower

/ ˈbreɪnˌpaʊə /

noun

1. intelligence; mental ability

Word History and Origins

Origin of brainpower¹

First recorded in 1875–80; brain + power

Example Sentences

The division has dwindled in recent months as Meta pours more resources into its teams chasing superintelligence, the goal to build AI systems that exceed human brainpower.

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India’s brainpower, medical muscle and industrial edge—from its IT ecosystem to pharmaceutical production—offer the U.S. a sophisticated partner in a new era of great-power competition.

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Walking 7,000 steps a day can be enough to boost your brainpower and help protect against a range of different diseases, a major study suggests.

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All that brainpower would have been for naught, however, save for the beneficence of Uncle Sam.

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“Higher education is essential for those with disabilities, because we typically have to use our brainpower to get jobs and rely on our education to overcome any sort of barriers,” he says.

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