development
IPA: dɪvˈɛɫʌpmʌnt
noun
- (uncountable) The process of developing; growth, directed change.
- (uncountable, biology) The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is produced by the addition of new cells.
- (countable) Something which has developed.
- (real estate, countable) A project consisting of one or more commercial or residential buildings.
- (real estate, uncountable) The building of such a project.
- (uncountable) The application of new ideas to practical problems (cf. research).
- (chess, uncountable) The active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it.
- (music) The process by in which previous material is transformed and restated.
- (music) The second section of a piece of music in sonata form, in which the original theme is revisited in altered and varying form.
- (mathematics) The expression of a function in the form of a series.
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Examples of "development" in Sentences
- Also in progress are the development of CR mimetic interventions.
- The new developments are expected to increase the profile of the AVA.
- To record the progress being made in the development of jurisprudence.
- The increasing development reduced the natural areas of the watershed.
- Overall the article seems to have progressed gracefully in development.
- The development of firearms led to an increase in the devastation of war.
- The growth and development of genetics represents the work of many people.
- Caloric intake must be increased to ensure proper development of the fetus.
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