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Meanings of
mastermind
in English
Portuguese
gênia
Catalan
crack
Spanish
cerebro
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An intelligent person.
brain
genius
einstein
brainiac
brainbox
Portuguese
gênia
Catalan
inspirador
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Someone who creates new things.
originator
conceiver
Catalan
inspirador
Synonyms
Examples for "
brain
"
brain
genius
einstein
brainiac
brainbox
Examples for "
brain
"
1
The
brain
and the body in general are instruments of the soul.
2
He in whose
brain
the most ideas are born accomplishes the most.
3
We cannot cut in the genital organs without cutting in the
brain
.
4
To the bosom it is love; to the
brain
it is enthusiasm.
5
The changes in the
brain
affect mainly the large and small
brain
.
1
This means there are many different types of
genius
,
even in animals.
2
The
genius
of really great Italian pasta recipes is often just that.
3
The question Artsutanov asked himself had the childlike brilliance of true
genius
.
4
Another teacher in London said, We feel the term
genius
is appropriate.
5
Even in Shakespeare the springs of
genius
were not in the mind.
1
Of course, no one has found
Einstein
to be wrong just yet.
2
This
Einstein
refuses to accept, although he knows the facts perfectly well.
3
At that point, young
Einstein
reasoned, the light wave would appear frozen.
4
The findings published on Monday help confirm
Einstein
's
theory, said the researchers.
5
Albert
Einstein
is perhaps the most famous example of a lateral thinker.
1
It was nice to know that one of us was a
brainiac
.
2
How did such a
brainiac
land her own cable news show?
3
He is a rare combination of
brainiac
financial quant and British surfer dude.
4
You have to understand, I was kind of quiet, a
brainiac
.
5
I saw Annabeth playing trivia games and other
brainiac
stuff.
1
The resident
brainbox
of British dance is always questing for new territory.
2
A
brainbox
,
then, are you? She fixed me with a narrow-eyed stare.
3
Because, frankly, I'm not sure you can fit more than one idea and a half in that
brainbox
of yours.
4
It doesn't take a
brainbox
to see that Kate Emily must have a chance in a two-mile handicap on the Saturday.
5
He published his discoveries in The Starry Messenger and the Pope declared him a
brainbox
and a party was thrown in his honour.
Portuguese
organizar
Catalan
organitzar
Spanish
dirigir
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Plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
direct
engineer
organize
organise
orchestrate
Portuguese
organizar
Usage of
mastermind
in English
1
I went down another: the case of global criminal
mastermind
Paul LeRoux.
2
Barak helped
mastermind
the two biggest Israeli military operations in recent years.
3
But without its legal
mastermind
,
he began to lose large cases, and
4
I think she's the
mastermind
behind the return of Merlin, in fact.
5
No more than a front man, no doubt; certainly not the
mastermind
.
6
Susanto was charged with harboring terrorists, including alleged terrorist
mastermind
Noordin Top.
7
This is a trivial cost for a financial
mastermind
such as yourself.
8
He was described as the
mastermind
behind the alleged misconduct by Saikawa.
9
Which 2004 film featured North Korea's Kim Jong-Il as its
mastermind
baddie?
10
Cervero was jailed for being the
mastermind
of the Petrobras corruption scandal.
11
But after all that huffing and puffing from the Tory
mastermind
,
nothing.
12
Sources say police regard him as the
mastermind
of the journalist's killing.
13
He said: We are still in need to get the
mastermind
of this.
14
The challenge now is to hold the
mastermind
behind the conspiracy to account.
15
Pity the police could not apprehend the
mastermind
behind the crime.
16
But behind the scenes there's the inevitable criminal
mastermind
:
Rex Fury.
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mastermind
Noun
Singular
Verb
Frequent collocations
criminal mastermind
allege mastermind
suspect mastermind
terrorist mastermind
accuse mastermind
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Translations for
mastermind
Portuguese
gênia
gênio
organizar
Catalan
crack
geni
cervell
inspirador
causant
organitzar
dirigir
Spanish
cerebro
crack
genio
dirigir
organizar
Mastermind
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Mastermind
across language varieties
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United States of America
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