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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024de•vel•op•ment (di vel′əp mənt),USA pronunciation n. - 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 state or form:Drama reached its highest development in the plays of Shakespeare.
- Music and Dancethe part of a movement or composition in which a theme or themes are developed.
- Businessa large group of private houses or of apartment houses, often of similar design, constructed as a unified community, esp. by a real-estate developer or government organization.
- [Chess.]the act or process of developing chess pieces.
- Miningthe work of digging openings, as tunnels, raises, and winzes, to give access to new workings, and of erecting necessary structures.
- French développement
- develop + -ment, or 1745–55
de•vel′op•men′tal, de•vel′op•men′ta•ry, adj. de•vel′op•men′tal•ly, adv. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged expansion, elaboration, growth, evolution; unfolding, opening, maturing, maturation.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged maturity, ripeness.
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged community, subdivision.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged deterioration, disintegration.
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