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 Kim-in-command view, however, seems inconsistent with recent developments.
These developments mean the North has had to reach out to others.
On November 24, 1986, the NSPG met from 2:00 until 3:45 in the afternoon to discuss developments in the intervening two weeks.
How the Reagan White House Bungled Its Response to Iran-Contra Revelations | Malcolm Byrne | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThese new developments are all the more positive when you take into account the dark history of the MPAA and oral sex.
Oral Sex Comes of Age in Hollywood: ‘Gone Girl’ the Latest Film to Showcase Female Pleasure | Marlow Stern | October 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTensions have been steadily rising for years, but recent developments have been different from the annual protests of past.
This epoch-making invention, introduced in 1832, rendered possible extraordinary developments.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing MillerThe great mass of the nation, however, was waiting for more definite developments.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. MurisonThese Cupids must have been erected in the time of the Dutch dynasty, as I judge from the immense posterior developments.
Little Travels and Roadside Sketches | William Makepeace ThackerayI understand now, but I did not then, full of expectation as I was for developments out of the ordinary.
The Staircase At The Hearts Delight | Anna Katharine Green (Mrs. Charles Rohlfs)The Homestead developments had given him temporary prominence, thrown this particular hydra-head into bold relief, so to speak.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander Berkman
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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