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- [breyn]
- /breɪn/
- /breɪn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [breyn]
- /breɪn/
Definitions of brain word
- countable noun brain Your brain is the organ inside your head that controls your body's activities and enables you to think and to feel things such as heat and pain. 3
- countable noun brain Your brain is your mind and the way that you think. 3
- countable noun brain If someone has brains or a good brain, they have the ability to learn and understand things quickly, to solve problems, and to make good decisions. 3
- countable noun brain If someone is the brains behind an idea or an organization, he or she had that idea or makes the important decisions about how that organization is managed. 3
- verb brain To brain someone means to hit them forcefully on the head. 3
- noun brain the soft convoluted mass of nervous tissue within the skull of vertebrates that is the controlling and coordinating centre of the nervous system and the seat of thought, memory, and emotion. It includes the cerebrum, brainstem, and cerebellum 3
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Origin of brain
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English; Old English bræg(e)n, bregen; cognate with Low German brägen, Dutch brein
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Parts of speech for Brain
noun
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pronoun
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brain popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
brain usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for brain
noun brain
- intellect — the power or faculty of the mind by which one knows or understands, as distinguished from that by which one feels and that by which one wills; the understanding; the faculty of thinking and acquiring knowledge.
- scholar — a learned or erudite person, especially one who has profound knowledge of a particular subject.
- pundit — a learned person, expert, or authority.
- doctor — a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
- sage — Alain René [a-lan ruh-ney] /aˈlɛ̃ rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1668–1747, French novelist and dramatist.
Antonyms for brain
noun brain
- dumbo — a stupid person: a class full of dumbos.
- simpleton — an ignorant, foolish, or silly person.
- physicality — the physical attributes of a person, especially when overdeveloped or overemphasized.
- dumdum — a silly, stupid person.
- body — Your body is all your physical parts, including your head, arms, and legs.
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