brainstormとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

brain +‎ storm

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹeɪnstɔː(ɹ)m/

動詞

brainstorm (三人称単数 現在形 brainstorms, 現在分詞 brainstorming, 過去形および過去分詞形 brainstormed)

1. To investigate something, or solve a problem using brainstorming.
   • 2017 August 27, Brandon Nowalk, “Game Of Thrones slows down for the longest, and best, episode of the season (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[1]:

     Meanwihle at Winterfell, another overdone scheme designed mainly to surprise the audience. In the black of her chambers, Sansa brainstorms with Littlefinger what Arya could want. “After she murders you, what does she become?” he asks. To which Sansa does everything but gasp and spit-take, widening her eyes and saying like she’s just realizing it for the first time, “Lady of Winterfell.”

2. To participate in a brainstorming session.

参考

• bounce off (usu. with an idea または ideas)
• spitball

名詞

brainstorm (複数形 brainstorms)

1. (US) A sudden thought, particularly one that solves a long-standing problem.

   Synonym: brainwave

   I had been working on the problem for weeks, and then I had a brainstorm and saw that the solution was easy.

2. A session of brainstorming, investigating a problem to try to find solutions.
3. (Britain) An unexpected mental error.
   • October 5 2005, "Iguchi hit ruins Red Sox's night", BBC Online, 5 October

     A terrible fielding error from Tony Graffanino proved costly. [...] Aaron Rowand collected an RBI double to get them off the mark before Graffanino's brainstorm. Juan Uribe hit a roller to the second baseman, who let the potential inning-ending double-play ball roll under his glove, leaving runners at first and third bases.

動詞

brain-storm (三人称単数 現在形 brain-storms, 現在分詞 brain-storming, 過去形および過去分詞形 brain-stormed)

1. Alternative form of brainstorm
   • 1969, The Progress of Education - Volume 44, page 263:

     A dozen people sit around a table to brain-storm a specific problem.

   • 2006, Frans Johansson, Medici Effect: What You Can Learn from Elephants and Epidemics, →ISBN:

     These groups were called “real groups” since they actually brain-stormed together.

   • 2011, Lee Oberparleiter, The Role of Emotion and Reflection in Student Achievement, →ISBN:

     He also had them share what they were thinking throughout this experience and put their brain-stormed responses on the board.