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mastermind

mas·ter·mind

UK/ˈmɑː.stə.mʌɪnd/ US/ˈmæs.tɚˌmaɪnd/ fairly common

verb

1.

plan and direct (a complex undertaking)

  • “he masterminded the robbery”

noun

1.

someone who creates new things

2.

someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality

  • “Mozart was a child genius”
  • “he”
  • “s no Einstein”

Origin

From master + mind.

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