Meaning

11 senses
  1. (uncountable)The process of developing; growth, directed change.

    The development of this story has been slow.

    Entwicklung

    разви́тиеrazvítije

    ро́звитокrózvytok

  2. (uncountable)The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is produced by the addition of new cells.

    The organism has reached a crucial stage in its development.

    a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)

  3. (countable)Something which has developed.

    Our news team brings you the latest developments.

    up-to-date with new developments in IT

    Entwicklung

    достиже́ниеdostižénije, разрабо́ткаrazrabótka

    a district that has been developed to serve some purpose

  4. (countable)A project consisting of one or more commercial or residential buildings.

  5. (uncountable)The building of such a project.

  6. (uncountable)The application of new ideas to practical problems (cf. research).

    Our development department has produced three new adhesives this year.

  7. (uncountable)The active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it.

    White's development is good, but black's has been hampered by the pawn on e5.

  8. (countable, uncountable)The process by in which previous material is transformed and restated.

  9. (countable, uncountable)The second section of a piece of music in sonata form, in which the original theme is revisited in altered and varying form.

    (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated

  10. (countable, uncountable)The expression of a function in the form of a series.

  11. (countable, uncountable)The processing of photographic film so as to bring out the images latent in it.

    I sent the film to a specialist lab for development.

Examples

396 sentences
  1. I think that's a positive development.

    ruДумаю, что это положительное развитие.

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  2. I think that that's a positive development.

    ruДумаю, что это положительное развитие.

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  3. The development of the computer industry has been very rapid.

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  4. The goal of education is not wealth or status, but personal development.

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  5. We hope to see a lot of development over the next decade.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
process of developing:
Русский
By meaning 2
process of developing:
something which has developed:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
process of developing:

Origin

From French développement, from Old French desvelopemens (“unrolling”). By surface analysi

From French développement, from Old French desvelopemens (“unrolling”). By surface analysis, develop + -ment. First attested in 1756.

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Forms

plural: developments

Synonyms

17 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible:developing
  • a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage):evolution
  • the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful:exploitation
  • (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:growthgrowingmaturationontogenyontogenesis

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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