developing

[ dih-vel-uh-ping ]

/ dɪˈvɛl ə pɪŋ /

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adjective

undergoing development; growing; evolving.

(of a nation or geographical area) having a standard of living or level of industrial production well below that possible with financial or technical aid; not yet highly industrialized: the developing world.

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Origin of developing

First recorded in 1765–75; develop + -ing²

OTHER WORDS FROM developing

non·de·vel·op·ing, adjectiveself-de·vel·op·ing, adjectiveun·de·vel·op·ing, adjective

Words nearby developing

devein, devel., develop, developable surface, developer, developing, developing agent, developing country, developing nation, developing-out paper, developing world

How to use developing in a sentence

Its stated goals including supporting renewable energy and pediatric research and education, and the developing of “safe artificial intelligence to benefit humanity.”
A Complete Timeline of Elon Musk's Business Endeavors|Raisa Bruner|April 27, 2022|Time
Renita Jablonski, director of audio at The Washington Post, said “a couple of the ideas we are looking at developing could be ripe for partnering on, so it’s certainly something that’s on the table.”
2022 spells more podcast partnerships for publishers as the audio field gets noisy|Sara Guaglione|January 5, 2022|Digiday
France 24's coverage of two developing hostage situations in Paris on Friday.
LIVE Coverage of the Paris Terror Attacks||January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
It could dramatically improve quality of life in communities throughout the developing world.
Bill Gates Drinks Sewer Water|Jack Holmes, The Daily Beast Video|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST

I ended up developing a blister on one of my vocal cords, so that kinda sucked.
Deer Tick's John McCauley on Ten Years in Rock and Roll|James Joiner|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I am so sorry that your parents did this to you, developing their own discriminatory take on your existence.
Dear Leelah, We Will Fight On For You: A Letter to a Dead Trans Teen|Parker Molloy|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
We are developing a strategy next year that will permit them to march in the street.
Before the Bros, SantaCon Was as an Anti-Corporate Protest|David Freedlander|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Meanwhile, another form of imitation is developing, the fashioning of lasting semblances.
Children's Ways|James Sully
And his mind at least was happy in its new sense of expansion and acquisition, its increasing and developing powers.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
Here the legs may have grown the longer, there the arms, the limbs developing in accordance with their degree of employment.
Man And His Ancestor|Charles Morris
"But I do not observe any symptoms of that malady developing themselves at present," added the doctor.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood
Their intelligence is of a generalized character, and is capable of developing in new channels.
Man And His Ancestor|Charles Morris