Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks or other items linked to and arranged radially around a central key word or idea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To create a mind map (around a topic).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, transitive
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History
Popularized by English author and educational consultant Tony Buzan in the 1970s.
Across languages
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
