🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

Tempestade de ideias

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tẽpeʃˈtadʒi dʒiˈdeɐs

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Brainstorming/ˈbreɪnˌstɔːr.mɪŋ/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Fizemos uma tempestade de ideias para o novo produto."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A group creativity technique designed to generate a large number of ideas for the solution to a problem.

    "During the meeting, the team engaged in brainstorming to come up with innovative marketing strategies."
  2. 2

    The process of thinking of ideas or solutions in a spontaneous and free-flowing manner.

    "She spent the afternoon brainstorming potential topics for her thesis."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'brainstorming' was coined in the 1930s by advertising executive Alex Osborn. It combines 'brain', referring to the organ associated with thought, and 'storm', suggesting a sudden, intense burst of ideas. The concept evolved to describe a group creativity technique aimed at generating a large number of ideas in a short time.

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