developedadjective
uk/dɪˈvel.əpt/us/dɪˈvel.əpt/B2 advanced or powerful:
Sharks have a highly developed sense of smell.
See also
well developed
A developed country has had modern industry,transport, etc. for some time and now bases much of its economy on services:
In developed countries, blood pressure tends to go up dramatically with age.
Job insecurity seems to be increasing across most of Western Europe, the United States and other parts of the developed world.
less developed nations
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Making progress and advancing
- a step forward idiom
- advance
- advancement
- ahead
- be cooking idiom
- betterment
- develop
- graduate
- grow
- grow into sb/sth
- grow out of sth
- have come a long way idiom
- headway
- rise
- shape
- speciation
- spread your wings idiom
- steer a course/path idiom
- step
- streak ahead
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