developingde‧vel‧op‧ing /dɪˈveləpɪŋ/ ●●○ adjective 
aid to developing countries poverty and hunger in the developing worlddeveloping economies/markets the developing economies in Eastern Europe2growing or changing: the growth of the developing embryo a developing crisis in Washington
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a developing fetus
- Good nutrition is very important to a developing child.
- the developing crisis in the Middle East
- These drugs are effective in the developing stages of the disease.
- In two developing countries, the lowest frequency of fetal mortality is at births above second but below sixth or seventh order.
- Objective: to promote international trade, particularly that of developing countries, with a view to accelerating economic development.
- This hormone is produced by the developing embryo within a few days of the egg being fertilised.
THESAURUS
having very little money and not many possessions – used about people or places: · Many families were too poor to pay for education.· poor countries
(also skint British English) [not before noun] informal having very little money, especially for a short period of time. Skint is more informal than the other words: · I’m a bit hard up at the moment· We were so broke we couldn’t afford to go out to the cinema.
[only before noun] a developing country is poor and has very little industry: · The disease is found mainly in developing countries.· the developing world
[usually before noun] much poorer than other people in a country, and not having the things that are necessary for a comfortable or happy life – used about people and areas: · The charity works with deprived children in the inner city.· one of the most deprived areas of London
especially written used about groups of people in society who have much less chance of being successful because they are poor: · An increase in the minimum wage would help the most disadvantaged Americans.
having very little money, and so needing help – used about groups of people: · More help should be given to needy families.· We offer scholarships for needy students.
especially written having no money or possessions and nowhere to live – used when someone is in a very bad situation: · Her family was left destitute after her father died.· destitute refugees
formal impoverished people and places are very poor: · out-of-work miners and their impoverished families· The children come from impoverished neighbourhoods.· one of the world’s most impoverished countries
written extremely poor: · poverty-stricken areas· They were left poverty-stricken.
especially literary having no money: · She died penniless.· a penniless student
Longman Language Activatorin the process of developing · Good nutrition is very important to a developing child.· These drugs are effective in the developing stages of the disease.
plans, activities etc that are embryonic are in a very early stage of development, so that the details have not yet been fully planned or decided: · The program is still in the embryonic stage, but we are confident of its success.· Online gambling as an industry is still illegal and embryonic.
in an early stage of development and only just beginning to be noticed: · In 1911 the newly emerging car industry faced a crisis.· The program is designed to help identify emerging trends in drug use.
a poor country a country that is not rich and does not have much industry or business activity: · Bellamy called on the United States to increase aid to developing nations.· Leaders of developing countries from around the world met in Indonesia to devise ways to improve their economies.
a Third World country or nation is poor and does not have much industry. Third World is used especially in a negative sense when talking about the problems that these countries face: the Third World (=these countries in general): · Most of the population in the Third World is concentrated in large cities.Third World country/nation: · Sometimes I think that England is becoming a Third World country.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY aid to developing countries poverty and hunger in the developing world the developing economies in Eastern EuropeCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
aid to developing countries poverty and hunger in the developing world the developing economies in Eastern Europe (=poor and trying to increase its industry and trade)· Many developing countries receive some foreign aid.
(=one that is getting stronger and starting to include more modern industries)· Many developing economies are investing in sources of renewable energy.
(=one that is starting to have more industry)· Food shortages are often a problem in developing nations.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· The company is also developing two new materials which it hopes will be strong enough to fill cavities in the back teeth.· Sun is also developing multiple iterations of Tsunami, its low-end low-cost high-volume single-chip MicroSparc engine.· A similar trend is also developing whereby parents sell their home when their children have established an independent existence.· It is also developing ann information service, meals-on-wheels, and support groups.· The theories about how the signalling behaviour is controlled are also developing fast.· Most of the other companies included in the table are also developing or have already developed liaisons of this type.
· This makes the sperm, like all rapidly developing cells, especially vulnerable to damage from chemicals or radiation.· It will be appreciated that this rapidly developing field of expertise contains extensive new jargon.· Three open sprinklers were found to be sufficient to stop even the most rapidly developing fire.· Bioremediation is a promising and rapidly developing treatment technology with a bright future.· This is a rapidly developing field which poses great challenges for both experimentalists and theoreticians.· In advertising, you are part of the most rapidly developing new industry in the world, namely communications and information technology.
· Cells in the tumour seem to resemble the body's own cells soon after conception when a baby is still developing.· It is a comprehensive system - and still developing.· We are still developing as a group and learning as we go along.
NOUN· We have promised to provide new and additional resources to help the developing countries to tackle their environmental problems.· At the most basic level, then, the health of women and girls in developing countries continued to be neglected.· The developing countries were urged to renounce such military links and embrace a policy of neutralism or non-alignment.· Life expectation at birth is about 45 years in developing countries and more than 70 years in developed countries.· Exchange rates Many developing countries attempt to manage their exchange rates.· Governments of developing countries give only low budgets to developing communications.· Secretory diarrhoea is an important health problem particularly in developing countries.
· These include the need for foreign currency and the attraction of foreign companies and their interests in developing economies.· In developing economies these two propositions are not incompatible.· Goods traffic is more fundamental to a developing economy than is that in passengers or mail, but these are also important.
· Eva took those from the developing nations particularly under her wing.· These problems include those associated with rural poverty, malnutrition, population changes and environmental degradation in developing nations.· Staff are also seconded to fill established posts in geological survey departments in the developing nations of the Commonwealth.· In the last two decades world production of electricity has roughly doubled, with the developing nations pulling towards overtaking the developed.· Visby's compromise was regarded by the developing nations as responsive to the complaints of maritime carriers.· It was also argued that the ban was premature and that developing nations would have their industrial development impaired as a result.· These problems can occur in societies which are already developed and modern as well as in developing nations.
· Almost all the growth will occur in the cities of the developing world.· A final factor that affects the number of children desired by developing world couples is infant mortality.· The organisers hope that the event will have raised £25,000 for charitable projects at home and in the developing world.· Here as elsewhere in the developing world, traffic snarls have increased tensions and decreased productivity.· The complexity of rural development everywhere, whether in the developed or the developing world, is not always realised.· A more open international trading system was needed to provide access to exports from the developing world.· Currently, Televisa is the largest communications corporation in the developing world.· Thus the management of forests on a global basis constitutes an agent of environmental change in both the developed and developing world.
WORD FAMILYnoundeveloperdevelopmentredevelopmentadjectivedeveloped ≠ undevelopeddevelopingverbdevelopredevelop
1a developing country is a poor country that is trying to increase its industry and trade and improve life for its peopledeveloping countries/nations aid to developing countries poverty and hunger in the developing worlddeveloping economies/markets the developing economies in Eastern Europe2growing or changing: the growth of the developing embryo a developing crisis in Washington