English to English noun
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act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining | | Example: he congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency they funded research and development
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a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage) | | Example: 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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(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 | | Example: he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children
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a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation | | Example: recent developments in Iraq what a revolting development!
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the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful | | Example: the development of Alaskan resources the exploitation of copper deposits
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a district that has been developed to serve some purpose | | Example: such land is practical for small park developments
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a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess) | | Example: 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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processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible | | Example: the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours
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(music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated | | source: wordnet30
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The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an image upon a photographic plate; gradual advancement or growth through a series of progressive changes; also, the result of developing, or a developed state. | | source: webster1913
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