Mastermind - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈmæstərmaɪnd|
Brit.
|ˈmɑːstəmæɪnd|
noun
- someone who creates new things (syn: originator)
- someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality (syn: brain, genius)
- someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality (syn: brain, genius)
verb
- plan and direct (a complex undertaking) (syn: direct, engineer, orchestrate, organize)
he masterminded the robbery
Extra examples
...the real mastermind behind the embezzlement scheme...
They masterminded a unique solution to the problem.
He masterminded the bank robbery.
He is suspected of being the mastermind behind the bombings.
The project was masterminded by Morris, then aged 29.
Ridley, as commerce secretary, masterminded the privatisation.
...a notorious mastermind of terrorist activities...
The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: mastermind
he/she/it: masterminds
present participle: masterminding
past tense: masterminded
past participle: masterminded
I/you/we/they: mastermind
he/she/it: masterminds
present participle: masterminding
past tense: masterminded
past participle: masterminded
noun
singular: mastermind
plural: masterminds
singular: mastermind
plural: masterminds
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