Development (Noun)
Meaning 1
Act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining; "he congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency"; "they funded research and development".
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 2
A recent event that has some relevance for the present situation; "recent developments in Iraq"; "what a revolting development!".
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Nouns denoting natural events.
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Meaning 3
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 your queen".
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Nouns denoting natural processes.
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Meaning 4
Processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible; "the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours".
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Nouns denoting natural processes.
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Meaning 5
The act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful; "the development of Alaskan resources"; "the exploitation of copper deposits".
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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- Unitization
- Electrification
- Water Program
- Capitalization
- Commercialization
- Overutilization
- Land Development
- Water Development
- Overutilisation
- Overexploitation
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Meaning 6
(music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated.
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 7
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".
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Nouns denoting natural processes.
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Meaning 8
A district that has been developed to serve some purpose; "such land is practical for small park developments".
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Meaning 9
(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".
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Nouns denoting natural processes.
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- Kainogenesis
- Teratogenesis
- Gametogenesis
- Myelinization
- Psychosexual Development
- Flowering
- Odontiasis
- Amelogenesis
- Efflorescence
- Culture
- Palingenesis
- Infructescence
- Germination
- Juvenescence
- Vegetation
- Psychogenesis
- Intussusception
- Masculinization
- Psychomotor Development
- Cenogenesis
- Masculinisation
- Habit
- Kenogenesis
- Recapitulation
- Dentition
- Foliation
- Sprouting
- Teething
- Morphogenesis
- Suppression
- Blossoming
- Cohesion
- Neurogenesis
- Fructification
- Apposition
- Cytogeny
- Angiogenesis
- Caenogenesis
- Life Cycle
- Cultivation
- Virilization
- Florescence
- Cytogenesis
- Auxesis
- Leafing
- Anthesis
- Myelinisation
- Proliferation
- Rooting