cross-pollination
- noun
- /ˈkrɔsˌpɑləˈneɪʃən/
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intercambio de ideas
- The project benefited from cross-pollination between artists and scientists, leading to innovative solutions.
Should I make sure that there's a good, you know, a good vibrant cross pollination in your, you know, in your area?
- Should I make sure that there's a good, you know, a good vibrant cross pollination in your, you know, in your area?
- And these camps are becoming further and further separated and entrenched in their views because there's no cross pollination.
Examples
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The cross-pollination of different ideas in our team meetings sparked creative approaches to problem-solving.
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Constant migrations and cross-pollinations continually reshape Hispanic culture and result in a magisterial verbal multiplicity.
Academic text (1997) -
Should I make sure that there's a good, you know, a good vibrant cross pollination in your, you know, in your area?
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She emphasized the importance of cross-pollination among various departments to enhance collaboration and creativity.
Synonyms
Mixing ideas from different people or fields to make new solutions
The sharing of ideas between different groups that creates useful new ideas
How Innovative
Surface Forms
Morphology
cross-pollination = cross + pollination (transparent) = cross + pollination
Although used metaphorically for ideas, the figurative sense maps directly onto the literal components 'cross' + 'pollination', so learners who know the parts can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Cross-pollination uses the same flower image: pollen is 'fine dust' and cross means 'between different' groups. So a helpful way to remember the second meaning is to think of ideas as pollen that travel between people or fields, mix, and grow into new or better things.