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Noun
S: (n) 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"
S: (n) development, evolution (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"
S: (n) growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis ((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"
S: (n) development (a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation) "recent developments in Iraq"; "what a revolting development!"
S: (n) exploitation, 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"
S: (n) development (a district that has been developed to serve some purpose) "such land is practical for small park developments"
S: (n) 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"
S: (n) development, developing (processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible) "the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours"
S: (n) development ((music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated)