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/dɪvˈɛləpmənt/
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[ US /dɪˈvɛɫəpmənt/ ]
[ US /dɪˈvɛɫəpmənt/ ]
NOUN
- (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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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 -
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 -
processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible
the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours -
a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation
what a revolting development!
recent developments in Iraq -
a district that has been developed to serve some purpose
such land is practical for small park developments -
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 -
(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 -
act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining
they funded research and development
he congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency
How To Use development In A Sentence
- Two more debates are scheduled in the coming weeks, one debate dealing with education and health will be held in Irbid next week and the final week before elections the southern city of Karak will witness a candidates debate on agriculture and development. Daoud Kuttab: Jordanian Candidate Uses Debate to Call for Curtailing King's Powers
- A bit of background about me - I do hardware, firmware, and driver development by profession, so I think I'm qualified to provide a guess as to what and where it went wrong: for any computer, there's the initial "bootloader," which is what we commonly refer to as Discussions: Message List - root
- But I do know there is a greater prospect he will seek a bit of equity in the distribution of investment and development of infrastructure than the present triumvirate.
- Mr. Sorapong, 35 years old, selected industrial estate developers Hemaraj Land & Development PCL and Amata Corporation PCL among his top picks, with Hemaraj returning 147% over the course of 2010 and Amata providing a 99% return on investment. Real Estate
- Instead, the thin sandy developments defining the sequence boundaries suggest sandy sabkhas and sand sheets supplied by this undersaturated wind system and only preserved as a consequence of renewed lake-level rise.
- This viewpoint is of great significance as a guideline for the rapid development of socialist economy.
- Homeobox genes encode transcription factors involved in many aspects of developmental processes.
- The development of innovative new technologies and highly specific, nonradioactive labels has changed all of that. The Scientist
- The development includes eight sound stages, production facilities, digital facilities and outdoor back lot areas.
- We will be watching them very closely as we value our green open land and believe this could be phase two of the development.