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development
  • n  act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining
    he congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency
    they funded research and development
  • n  a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
    the development of his ideas took many years
    the slow development of her skill as a writer
  • n  (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
    he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children
  • n  a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation
    recent developments in Iraq
    what a revolting development!
  • n  the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful
    the development of Alaskan resources
  • n  a district that has been developed to serve some purpose
    such land is practical for small park developments
  • n  a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess)
    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
  • n  processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible
    the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours
  • n  (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated
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developmental age
  • n  a measure of a child's development (in body size or motor skill or psychological function) expressed in terms of age norms
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developmental anatomy
  • n  the branch of anatomy that studies structural changes of an individual from fertilization to maturity
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developmental learning
  • n  learning that takes place as a normal part of cognitive development
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