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1. | [ noun ] act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining | |
Examples: | "he congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency" "they funded research and development" |
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Related terms: | improvement advancement broadening product_development elaboration develop | |
2. | [ noun ] a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage) | |
Synonyms: | evolution | |
Examples: | "the development of his ideas took many years" "the evolution of Greek civilization" "the slow development of her skill as a writer" |
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Related terms: | degeneration process growth deepening unfolding assibilation evolve | |
3. | [ noun ] the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful | |
Synonyms: | exploitation | |
Examples: | : "the development of Alaskan resources" "the exploitation of copper deposits" |
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Related terms: | use commercialization water_development overexploitation land_development capitalization electrification unitisation develop exploit | |
4. | [ noun ] a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation | |
Examples: | "recent developments in Iraq" "what a revolting development!" |
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Related terms: | change phenomenon turn complication break | |
5. | [ noun ] (geography) a district that has been developed to serve some purpose | |
Examples: | "such land is practical for small park developments" |
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Related terms: | territory district housing_development housing_estate develop | |
6. | [ noun ] a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess) | |
Examples: | "he saw the latest development" "in chess your should take care of your development before moving your queen" |
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Related terms: | improvement underdevelopment chess | |
7. | [ noun ] (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level | |
Synonyms: | growth growing maturation ontogenesis ontogeny | |
Examples: | "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children" |
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Related terms: | nondevelopment organic_process proliferation rooting blossoming culture cohesion fructification auxesis cenogenesis gametogenesis germination spermatogenesis intussusception infructescence suppression amelogenesis life_cycle foliation angiogenesis apposition juvenescence psychomotor_development morphogenesis myelinisation neurogenesis psychosexual_development masculinization dentition teratogenesis oogenesis cytogenesis palingenesis vegetation gastrulation isometry biology grow grow mature age | |
8. | [ noun ] processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible | |
Synonyms: | developing | |
Examples: | "the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours" |
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Related terms: | processing underdevelopment develop | |
Similar spelling: |
developmental develop_into developer developed developing |