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Definitions for mastermind
ˈmæs tərˌmaɪnd, ˈmɑ stər-mas·ter·mind

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. originator, conceiver, mastermindnoun

    someone who creates new things

  2. genius, mastermind, brain, brainiac, Einsteinverb

    someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality

    "Mozart was a child genius"; "he's smart but he's no Einstein"

  3. mastermind, engineer, direct, organize, organise, orchestrateverb

    plan and direct (a complex undertaking)

    "he masterminded the robbery"

Wiktionary

  1. mastermindnoun

    A person with an extraordinary intellect or skill that is markedly superior to his or her peers.

  2. mastermindnoun

    A person responsible for the highest level of planning and execution of a major operation.

  3. mastermindverb

    To act in the role of mastermind.

ChatGPT

  1. mastermind

    A mastermind is a person with outstanding intellect, exceptional creativity, and analytical abilities. They are often known for planning, organizing, and executing complex schemes, strategies or initiatives. This term could also refer to an individual who is a leader or driving force behind a major project or activity. In a game context, 'Mastermind' is a code-breaking game where one player sets up a hidden sequence and another player tries to guess it within a certain number of turns.

Wikidata

  1. Mastermind

    Mastermind is a British quiz show, well known for its challenging questions, intimidating setting and air of seriousness. Devised by Bill Wright, the basic format of Mastermind has never changed — four and in later contests five contestants face two rounds, one on a specialised subject of the contestant's choice, the other a general knowledge round. Wright drew inspiration from his experiences of being interrogated by the Gestapo during World War II. The atmosphere is helped by Mastermind's famously ominous theme music, "Approaching Menace" by the British composer Neil Richardson. The quiz programme originated and was recorded in Manchester at studios such as New Broadcasting House and Granada Studios, before permanently moving to MediaCityUK in 2011.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of mastermind in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of mastermind in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of mastermind in a Sentence

  1. Mateusz Morawiecki:

    This attack which Lukashenko is conducting has its mastermind in Moscow, the mastermind is President Putin.

  2. Marsha Blackburn:

    It’s clear Joe Biden isn’t running the show. He ran as a moderate, but the policies he’s advocated for as President have been outrageously far left, if Biden’s unpopular first year in office has told us anything, it’s that he should immediately reconsider the team pushing this liberal activist agenda to federalize our elections, defund the police, pack the courts, and spend millions of dollars at the expense of the American taxpayer – starting with the mastermind and long-time political operative, Ron Klain.

  3. Mikhail Roslyakov:

    History is repeating itself, it is a traditional situation for us here in Russia. The people who carried out the murder are found and then one of them is declared the mastermind. But the real traces lead elsewhere.

  4. Donald Trump:

    If I had told you eight years ago that America would reverse a great recession, reboot our auto industry, and unleash the longest stretch of job creation in our history… If I had told you that we would open up a new chapter with the Cuban people, shut down Iran’s nuclear weapons program without firing a shot, and take out the mastermind of 9/11… If I had told you that we would win marriage equality, and secure the right to health insurance for another 20 million of our fellow citizens – you might have said our sights were set a little too high.

  5. Heydar Vatankhah:

    It was state-of-the-art 'Under the Table', every airline has a mastermind on this.

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