Definition of developments Developments
/dɪvɛˈlʌpmʌnts/ - [divelupmunts] -
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What does developments mean?
Wiktionary 
Part of speech
🔤- developments, noun, plural of development.
WordNet
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| development - 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 evolution of Greek civilization"; "the slow development of her skill as a writer" | ||
| evolution | ||
| devolution, degeneration the delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government) | ||
| physical process, process a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states; "events now in process"; "the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls" | ||
| assibilation the development of a consonant phoneme into a sibilant | ||
| deepening a process of becoming deeper and more profound | ||
| growth vegetation that has grown; "a growth of trees"; "the only growth was some salt grass" | ||
| development - 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" | ||
| improvement the act of improving something; "their improvements increased the value of the property" | ||
| advancement, progress gradual improvement or growth or development; "advancement of knowledge"; "great progress in the arts" | ||
| broadening the action of making broader; "the broadening of travel" | ||
| working out, elaboration developing in intricate and painstaking detail | ||
| development - a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation; "recent developments in Iraq"; "what a revolting development!" | ||
| alteration, modification, change the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) | ||
| turn of events, turn, twist taking a short walk out and back; "we took a turn in the park" | ||
| phenomenon any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning | ||
| development - 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" | ||
| improvement, melioration the act of improving something; "their improvements increased the value of the property" | ||
| chess game, chess a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king | ||
| development - a district that has been developed to serve some purpose; "such land is practical for small park developments" | ||
| district, territorial dominion, dominion, territory a region marked off for administrative or other purposes | ||
| housing development a residential area of similar dwellings built by property developers and usually under a single management; "they live in the new housing development" | ||
| development - processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible; "the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours" | ||
| developing | ||
| processing preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure; "the processing of newly arrived immigrants"; "the processing of ore to obtain minerals" | ||
| development - (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated | ||
| subdivision, section the act of subdividing; division of something previously divided | ||
| development - (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" | ||
| growth, growing, maturation, ontogeny, ontogenesis | ||
| nondevelopment failure of normal development to occur | ||
| biological process, organic process a process occurring in living organisms | ||
| biological science, biology the science that studies living organisms | ||
| culture the raising of plants or animals; "the culture of oysters" | ||
| amelogenesis the developmental process of forming tooth enamel | ||
| angiogenesis the formation of new blood vessels | ||
| apposition (biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material | ||
| auxesis growth from increase in cell size without cell division | ||
| anthesis, blossoming, florescence, flowering, inflorescence, efflorescence the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms | ||
| caenogenesis, cainogenesis, cenogenesis, kainogenesis, kenogenesis introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution) | ||
| cohesion (physics) the intermolecular force that holds together the molecules in a solid or liquid | ||
| cultivation (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale) | ||
| cytogenesis, cytogeny the origin and development and variation of cells | ||
| leafing, foliation the work of coating glass with metal foil | ||
| fructification organs of fruiting (especially the reproductive parts of ferns and mosses) | ||
| gametogenesis the development and maturation of sex cells through meiosis | ||
| gastrulation the process in which a gastrula develops from a blastula by the inward migration of cells | ||
| sprouting, germination the origin of some development; "the germination of their discontent" | ||
| habit (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; "owls have nocturnal habits"; "she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair"; "long use had hardened him to it" | ||
| infructescence the fruiting stage of the inflorescence | ||
| intussusception (biology) growth in the surface area of a cell by the deposit of new particles between existing particles in the cell wall | ||
| juvenescence the process of growing into a youth | ||
| life cycle a series of stages through which an organism passes between recurrences of a primary stage | ||
| masculinisation, masculinization, virilisation, virilization the abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction) | ||
| morphogenesis differentiation and growth of the structure of an organism (or a part of an organism) | ||
| myelinisation, myelinization the development of a myelin sheath around a nerve fiber | ||
| neurogenesis the development of nerve tissues | ||
| palingenesis, recapitulation emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species | ||
| proliferation growth by the rapid multiplication of parts | ||
| psychogenesis a general term for the origin and development of almost any aspect of the mind | ||
| psychogenesis a general term for the origin and development of almost any aspect of the mind | ||
| psychomotor development progressive acquisition of skills involving both mental and motor activities | ||
| psychosexual development (psychoanalysis) the process during which personality and sexual behavior mature through a series of stages: first oral stage and then anal stage and then phallic stage and then latency stage and finally genital stage | ||
| rooting the process of putting forth roots and beginning to grow | ||
| suppression forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent" | ||
| odontiasis, teething, dentition the eruption through the gums of baby teeth | ||
| teratogenesis the development of defects in an embryo | ||
| vegetation inactivity that is passive and monotonous, comparable to the inactivity of plant life; "their holiday was spent in sleep and vegetation" | ||
| development - the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful; "the development of Alaskan resources"; "the exploitation of copper deposits" | ||
| exploitation | ||
| utilisation, utilization, usage, employment, exercise, use the state of having been made use of; "the rate of utilization" | ||
| land development making an area of land more useful | ||
| water development, water program, water project making an area of water more useful | ||
| overexploitation, overuse, overutilisation, overutilization exploitation to the point of diminishing returns | ||
| capitalisation, capitalization the sale of capital stock | ||
| commercialisation, commercialization the act of commercializing something; involving something in commerce; "my father considered the commercialization of Christmas to be a sacrilege"; "the government tried to accelerate the commercialization of this development"; "both companies will retain control over the commercialization of their own products" | ||
| electrification the act of providing electricity; "the electrification of rural Tennessee" | ||
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Wiktionary
- development (Noun)
The process of developing; growth, directed change. - development (Noun)
The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is produced by the addition of new cells. - development (Noun)
Something which has developed. - development (Noun)
A project consisting of one or more commercial or residential buildings, real estate development . - development (Noun)
The building of a real estate development . - development (Noun)
The application of new ideas to practical problems. - development (Noun)
The active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it. - development (Noun)
The second section of a piece of music in sonata form .
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- development (n.)
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. - development (n.)
The series of changes which animal and vegetable organisms undergo in their passage from the embryonic state to maturity, from a lower to a higher state of organization. - development (n.)
The act or process of changing or expanding an expression into another of equivalent value or meaning. - development (n.)
The equivalent expression into which another has been developed. - development (n.)
The elaboration of a theme or subject; the unfolding of a musical idea; the evolution of a whole piece or movement from a leading theme or motive.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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development
The act and result of developing. -
development
An increase in economic and industrial activity.
Part of speech
🔤- development, noun, singular of developments.
