brain drain

brain drain
noun
depletion or loss of intellectual and technical personnel
• Hypernyms: ↑drain

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noun
: the departure of educated or professional people from one country, economic sector, or field for another usually for better pay or living conditions

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a loss of trained professional personnel to another company, nation, etc., that offers greater opportunity.
[1960-65]

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brain drain noun
The continuing loss of citizens of high intelligence and creativity through emigration
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Main Entry: ↑brain

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brain drain UK US noun [singular] informal
a situation in which a country’s most intelligent people, especially scientists, go to another country in order to make more money or to improve their living or working conditions
Thesaurus: to leave a place to live elsewheresynonym

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brain drain,
Informal. a shortage of professional or skilled labor caused by the emigration of scientists, technicians, and craftsmen to more favorable labor markets: »

Part of the problem…is that there is a “brain drain” from the farms into the cities where life is better (Tuscaloosa News).

brain-drain «BRAYN DRAYN», intransitive verb, transitive verb.
Informal. to emigrate, or be induced to emigrate, to a place with more favorable job opportunities: »

[He is] an Englishman brain-drained to the US some 10 years ago (New Scientist).

–brain´-drain´er, noun.

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n. [in sing.] informal the emigration of highly trained or intelligent people from a particular country

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noun [singular]
: a situation in which many educated or professional people leave a particular place or profession and move to another one that gives them better pay or living conditions

Nothing has been done to stop the brain drain as more and more doctors move away from the area.

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ˈbrain drain [brain drain brain drains] noun singular (informal)
the movement of highly skilled and qualified people to a country where they can work in better conditions and earn more money

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a brain drain to the US


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