What part of speech is brainstorming?

Brainstorming can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. brainstorming is a verb, gerund of brainstorm (infinitive).
  • 2. brainstorming is a noun, singular of brainstormings.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does brainstorming mean?

Definitions

Verb

brainstorm - try to solve a problem by thinking intensely about it

Noun

brainstorming - a group problem-solving technique in which members spontaneously share ideas and solutions; "we had an intense brainstorming session today"

Examples of brainstorming

#   Sentence  
1. noun We had an intense brainstorming session today.
2. noun Tom and Mary did some brainstorming.
3. noun He had a brainstorm when he invented that machine!
4. noun I have a brainstorm teacher.
5. verb I was up all night brainstorming.
6. verb They had a brainstorming session.
7. verb Tom played the role of devil's advocate at the brainstorming meeting.
8. verb Sami and Layla are just brainstorming.
9. verb We're just brainstorming.
10. verb Meanwhile, Arthur Levitt has agreed to meet with us in September to brainstorm on the ideas we've generated and also to give us a sense of some of the issues as he sees them.
11. verb We'd better brainstorm about it together and get a better idea.
12. verb We should brainstorm all the possibilities.
Sentence  
noun
We had an intense brainstorming session today.
Tom and Mary did some brainstorming.
He had a brainstorm when he invented that machine!
I have a brainstorm teacher.
verb
I was up all night brainstorming.
They had a brainstorming session.
Tom played the role of devil's advocate at the brainstorming meeting.
Sami and Layla are just brainstorming.
We're just brainstorming.
Meanwhile, Arthur Levitt has agreed to meet with us in September to brainstorm on the ideas we've generated and also to give us a sense of some of the issues as he sees them.
We'd better brainstorm about it together and get a better idea.
We should brainstorm all the possibilities.

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