development
the act or process of developing; growth; progress: child development; economic development.
a significant consequence or event: recent developments in the field of science.
a developed or advanced state or form: Drama reached its highest development in the plays of Shakespeare.
Music. the part of a movement or composition in which a theme or themes are developed, or unfolded and elaborated, by various technical means, so as to reveal their inherent possibilities.
a large group of private houses or of apartment houses, often of similar design, constructed as a unified community, especially by a real-estate developer or government organization.
Chess. the act or process of developing chess pieces.
Mining. the work of digging openings, as tunnels, raises, and winzes, to give access to new workings, and of erecting necessary structures.
Origin of development
1Other words for development
| 1 | expansion, elaboration, growth, evolution; unfolding, opening, maturing, maturation |
| 3 | maturity, ripeness |
| 5 | community, subdivision |
Opposites for development
Other words from development
- de·vel·op·men·tal, de·vel·op·men·ta·ry, adjective
- de·vel·op·men·tal·ly, adverb
- an·ti·de·vel·op·ment, adjective
- hy·per·de·vel·op·ment, noun
- hy·per·de·vel·op·men·tal, adjective
- non·de·vel·op·ment, noun
- non·de·vel·op·men·tal, adjective
- non·de·vel·op·men·tal·ly, adverb
- post·de·vel·op·men·tal, adjective
- pre·de·vel·op·ment, noun
- self-de·vel·op·ment, noun
- sub·de·vel·op·ment, noun
- su·per·de·vel·op·ment, noun
- un·de·vel·op·ment, noun
- un·de·vel·op·men·tal, adjective
- un·de·vel·op·men·tal·ly, adverb
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How to use development in a sentence
The development and deployment of a vaccine will affect everybody on the planet.
Are You Participating in a Vaccine Trial? Are You Running One? We’d Like to Hear About It. | by Caroline Chen, Ryan Gabrielson and Isaac Arnsdorf | September 17, 2020 | ProPublicaI believed then, and I’m even more convinced now, that a rising China is an incredibly positive development for not only China, but the United States and the rest of the world.
Trump’s most popular YouTube ad is a stew of manipulated video | Glenn Kessler, Meg Kelly | September 17, 2020 | Washington PostSome of that has been done through acquisition — in 2016 Red Ventures bought Bankrate, which owns sites including The Points Guy, and acquired Healthline and HigherEducation in 2019 — and some has been done through internal development.
‘Helping people discover information’: How Red Ventures grew into a giant | Max Willens | September 16, 2020 | DigidayThe rest was spent on things like personnel, operations and maintenance, and research and development.
Trump’s ABC News town hall: Four Pinocchios, over and over again | Glenn Kessler | September 16, 2020 | Washington PostUntil now, the market mechanisms had essentially socialized the consequences of high-risk development.
Climate Change Will Force a New American Migration | by Abrahm Lustgarten, photography by Meridith Kohut | September 15, 2020 | ProPublica
A second document was titled: “Gambia Reborn: A Charter for Transition from Dictatorship to Democracy and development.”
The Shadowy U.S. Veteran Who Tried to Overthrow a Country | Jacob Siegel | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTChildren in households with more equitable participation of men show better health and development.
How Good Dads Can Change the World | Gary Barker, PhD, Michael Kaufman | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTIn a frightening development for the GOP, Democrats had won even traditionally Republican constituencies in the Midwest.
Thank Congress, Not LBJ for Great Society | Julian Zelizer, Scott Porch | January 4, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTIn a remote location with little means for economic development, the Brogpas have cultivating this identity to their advantage.
Despite its ranking at the bottom of most international development indexes, the conflict is shrouded by confusion.
It is the development of character, the triumph of intellectuality and spirituality I have striven to express.'
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. | Clara Erskine ClementThe whole aim is to secure the development of character by the expression of the highest elements of character.
Expressive Voice Culture | Jessie Eldridge SouthwickWhy use dangerous cosmetics when Jones' soap retains youth and health for the complexion, and fosters the development of beauty?
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsThe obstacles operating against the development of enterprises and employment of foreign capital to be removed.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanJohn Baptiste Robinet taught the gradual development of all forms of existence from a single creative cause.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
British Dictionary definitions for development
/ (dɪˈvɛləpmənt) /
the act or process of growing, progressing, or developing
the product or result of developing
a fact, event, or happening, esp one that changes a situation
an area or tract of land that has been developed
Also called: development section the section of a movement, usually in sonata form, in which the basic musical themes are developed
chess
the process of developing pieces
the manner in which they are developed
the position of the pieces in the early part of a game with reference to their attacking potential or defensive efficiency
Derived forms of development
- developmental, adjective
- developmentally, adverb
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