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brain drains

brain drains is the plural of brain drain.

brain drains is the third-person singular simple present indicative of brain drain.

Meaning of brain drain

Noun

brain drain (plural brain drains)

  1. (idiomatic) The migration of educated or talented people from less economically advanced areas to more economically advanced areas, especially to large cities or more developed nations.
    • Fortunately, the often-discussed problem of "the brain drain" is not as serious in agriculture as in most other fields, particularly the "hard sciences."1955, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Proceedings, Issues 6-12, page 60
    Antonyms:
    brain gain
  2. (informal) A Jackson-Pratt drain.

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Questions about brain drains

What is brain drains the plural of?
Brain drains is the plural of brain drain.

Words near brain drains in the dictionary

  1. brain doctor
  2. brain doctors
  3. brain drain
  4. brain drained
  5. brain draining
  6. brain drains
  7. brain dump
  8. brain dumps
  9. brain fade
  10. brain fades
  11. brain fag

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