Word Definitions & Examples
noun
Sense 1
"he congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency"
"they funded research and development"
Type of:
improvement
noun
Sense 2
"recent developments in Iraq"
"what a revolting development!"
noun
Sense 3
"such land is practical for small park developments"
noun
Sense 4
"the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours"
Type of:
processing
Kinds of:
underdevelopment
Derived:
develop
noun
Sense 5
a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
"the development of his ideas took many years"
"the evolution of Greek civilization"
"the slow development of her skill as a writer"
Type of:
process
noun
Sense 6
a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess)
"after he saw the latest development he changed his mind and became a supporter"
"in chess your should take care of your development before moving"
Kinds of:
underdevelopment
Derived:
develop
noun
Sense 7
"the development of Alaskan resources"
"the exploitation of copper deposits"
noun
Sense 8
(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
"he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"
Opposites:
nondevelopment
Semantic Complexity
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Sense Count
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Total Synonyms
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Total Relationships
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