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mastermind

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Yeah right, he was the mastermind behind the bloody Kargil war.

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Quick take

someone who creates new things

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of mastermind gathered in one view.

noun

someone who creates new things

noun

someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality; "Mozart was a child genius"; "he's smart but he's no Einstein"

verb

plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for mastermind.

noun

someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality; "Mozart was a child genius"; "he's smart but he's no Einstein"

See also: genius, brain, brainiac, Einstein

Example sentences

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Yeah right, he was the mastermind behind the bloody Kargil war.

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It's really not necessary to post an article on TechCrunch like you're exposing some mastermind criminal.

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Saying you can clip some wires while owning tooth bleach and nail polish remover does not exactly make you the criminal mastermind of the century.

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It's also refreshing that Google's marketing strategy isn't to perpetuate a myth that Larry Page is the mastermind of everything Google does.

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Conspiracy theorists wrongly look for The Man, the mastermind driving bureaucracies.

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There is an endless supply of things that can be turned into weapons on the other side of a security checkpoint, and you don't have to be an evil mastermind to find them.

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>f I'm starting a business mass-producing widgets and I fund the machinery, process development, and software to produce thatIts rare for there to be some kind of CEO mastermind that builds everything from scratch on day one. More than likely you started small and your staff built these systems.

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One is that he's a mastermind media manipulator/intelligence operator/exploiter of immigration laws/meticulous planner of a fugitive.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use mastermind in a sentence?

Yeah right, he was the mastermind behind the bloody Kargil war.

What does mastermind mean?

someone who creates new things

What part of speech is mastermind?

mastermind is commonly used as noun, verb.