the act or process of developing; growth; progress: child development; economic development.
a significant consequence or event: recent developments in the field of science.
a developed or advanced state or form: Drama reached its highest development in the plays of Shakespeare.
Music. the part of a movement or composition in which a theme or themes are developed, or unfolded and elaborated, by various technical means, so as to reveal their inherent possibilities.
a large group of private houses or of apartment houses, often of similar design, constructed as a unified community, especially by a real-estate developer or government organization.
Chess. the act or process of developing chess pieces.
Mining. the work of digging openings, as tunnels, raises, and winzes, to give access to new workings, and of erecting necessary structures.
Origin of development
1745–55; develop + -ment, or <French développement
This week, I want to talk about an example of what those developments make possible.
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The money is meant to speed production and cut financial risk for the most promising of the dozens of inoculations in development.
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We need as many vaccine candidates in development as we can muster.
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Though a Covid-19 vaccine trial is going on in South Africa there is no primary vaccine development currently in Africa.
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In addition to Kotch, Knewz currently has two full-time editors, one full-time staffer working on marketing and audience development and another dedicated project manager.
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But by and large I go over the same things for every developmental stage.
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What kind of employers hire people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD)?
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Essentially he is arguing that there are functional trade-offs in developmental biology.
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By the standards of Syndrome Z, her developmental progress is remarkable.
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According to Sarah and Mark, she is 40 and has a developmental age of about 14.
Parents Sue for 'Wrongful Birth'|Elizabeth Picciuto|August 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The pronephros is distinguished from the mesonephros by developmental as well as structural features.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume III (of 4)|Francis Maitland Balfour
The matter of classification will be for several years in a condition of developmental change.
The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI)|Various
In this sense, his theory rests upon a more solid base than does the developmental theory of Digby.
Medical Investigation in Seventeenth Century England|Charles W. Bodemer
Theophrastus understood the value of developmental study, a conception derived from his master.
The Legacy of Greece|Various
This developmental process seems very improbable for many reasons.
Histology of the Blood|Paul Ehrlich
British Dictionary definitions for development
development
/ (dɪˈvɛləpmənt) /
noun
the act or process of growing, progressing, or developing
the product or result of developing
a fact, event, or happening, esp one that changes a situation
an area or tract of land that has been developed
Also called: development sectionthe section of a movement, usually in sonata form, in which the basic musical themes are developed
chess
the process of developing pieces
the manner in which they are developed
the position of the pieces in the early part of a game with reference to their attacking potential or defensive efficiency