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brainstormed

brainstormed is the simple past and past participle of brainstorm.

Meaning of brainstorm

Verb

brainstorm (third-person singular simple present brainstorms, present participle brainstorming, simple past and past participle brainstormed)

  1. (intransitive) To investigate something, or solve a problem using brainstorming.
    • 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...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
  2. (intransitive) To participate in a brainstorming session.
  3. (transitive) To think up (ideas); especially, to do so creatively.
    • I need you to brainstorm some suggestions for next week's activity schedule.

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Questions about brainstormed

What is brainstormed the simple past and past participle of?
Brainstormed is the simple past and past participle of brainstorm.

Words near brainstormed in the dictionary

  1. brainspace
  2. brainspaces
  3. brainstem
  4. brainstems
  5. brainstorm
  6. brainstormed
  7. brainstormer
  8. brainstormers
  9. brainstorming
  10. brainstormings
  11. brainstorms

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