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How to pronounce developments
IPA transcription: [dɪ'vɛləpmənts]
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Noun
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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”
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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
“he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children”
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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”
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a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation
“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
“the development of Alaskan resources”
“the exploitation of copper deposits”
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a district that has been developed to serve some purpose
“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)
“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
“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
Usage examples
- We will keep you informed of developments as they happen.
- Further developments have made scaffolding systems even easier to use.
- Further developments have been made to meet full Conference North criteria.
- Over the years, there have been a few re-developments.
- Among these developments include The Venetian, Mandalay Bay, and Paris Las Vegas.
- Developments in electronic systems have led to the development of electronic token systems.
- He studied and wrote on agriculture developments in both the practical and social aspects.
- With so few scholars advancing the enterprise, the developments in the field came slowly.
- I learned about a couple very exciting new developments this week in open source speech recognition, both coming from Mozilla.
- Most of the original manors have been demolished and low density housing developments built.