brain
IntellectIntellect.
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» Tom died of brain cancer.
Том умер от рака мозга. — marafon
Том помер від раку мозку. — deniko
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Examples
761 sentencesTom died of brain cancer.
Том помер від раку мозку. — deniko
ruТом умер от рака мозга. — marafon
He has a good brain.
Він має добрі мізки. — deniko
ruУ него хорошие мозги. — marafon
He's an excellent brain surgeon.
Він чудовий нейрохірург. — deniko
ruОн прекрасный нейрохирург. — corvard
deEr ist ein großartiger Hirnchirurg. — jakov
Meaning
11 senses(countable, in the plural, uncountable)Intellect.
She has a lot of brains.
Verstand, Köpfchen, Grips
мозгmozg, башка́bašká, голова́golová
ро́зумrózum, розсу́докrozsúdok, глуздhluzd
(countable, uncountable)The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull, consisting of the cerebrum, cerebellum, and brainstem, which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.
that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull, consisting of the cerebrum, cerebellum, and brainstem, which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.
(countable, uncountable)A part of the brain, especially associated with particular mental functions, abilities, etc.
mental ability
More meanings 8
An intelligent person.
(countable, informal, plural, plural only, uncountable)A person who provides the intelligence required for something.
He is the brains behind the scheme.
Kopf
мозгmozg, голова́golová
мо́зокmózok
(countable, informal, uncountable)An intelligent person.
She was a total brain.
Superhirn, Intelligenzbestie
someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
(countable, uncountable)By analogy with a human brain, the part of a machine or computer that performs calculations.
The computer's brain is capable of millions of calculations a second.
(countable, informal, uncountable)Mind.
I have too much on my brain today.
An intelligent person.
(countable, informal, singular, uncountable)An intellectual or mental capacity.
Gerald always acts like he doesn't have a brain.
(countable, uncountable)A loose compartment of a backpack that straps on over the top opening.
The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull, consisting of the cerebrum, cerebellum, and brainstem, which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Skull; head
(slang, uncountable, vulgar)Oral sex.
Origin
Inherited from Middle English brayn, from Old English bræġn, from Proto-West Germanic *braInherited from Middle English brayn, from Old English bræġn, from Proto-West Germanic *bragn, from Proto-Germanic *bragną, from Proto-Indo-European *mrógʰ-n̥ ~ *mrégʰ-n̥-s, from *mregʰ- + *-n̥.
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Forms
plural: brainsSynonyms
22 synonyms- that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord:encephalon
- mental ability:brainpowerlearning abilitymental capacitymentalitywit
- that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason:mindheadpsychenous
- someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality:geniusmastermindEinsteinwonder
Word family
165 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
4 patterns- a brain tumor
- brain tumor
- brain surgery
- had a brain
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.