brain drain
Of a nation or society, to be deprived of educated or talented people, who in turn…Of a nation or society, to be deprived of educated or talented people, who in turn migrate to larger cities or more developed nations.
» This country suffers from brain drain.
Dieses Land leidet unter der Abwanderung gebildeter Spitzenkräfte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Эта страна страдает от утечки мозгов. — marafon
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2 senses(idiomatic, transitive, uncommon)Of a nation or society, to be deprived of educated or talented people, who in turn migrate to larger cities or more developed nations.
(idiomatic, intransitive, uncommon)To become mentally or psychologically fatigued or exhausted.
Examples
7 sentencesThis country suffers from brain drain.
ruЭта страна страдает от утечки мозгов. — marafon
deDieses Land leidet unter der Abwanderung gebildeter Spitzenkräfte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Algeria is facing a brain drain.
Brain drain has caused a lot of damage to the country.
How can Algeria stop its brain drain?
The Berlin Wall was built to prevent brain drain.
Origin
Coined by spokesmen for the Royal Society of London in the early 1950s to describe the outCoined by spokesmen for the Royal Society of London in the early 1950s to describe the outflow of scientists and technologists to the United States and Canada.
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Forms
brain drains, brain draining, brain drained, brain drained| Base form | brain drain · to brain drain |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | brain drains |
| Present participle | brain draining |
| Past simple | brain drained |
| Past participle | brain drained |
regular
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.