DEVELOPING as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible
   Synonym(s)
   • development (what does development mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours
   Hypernyms(s) developing is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • processing (what does processing mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • underdevelopment (what does underdevelopment mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • develop (what does develop mean?)
   • develop (what does develop mean?)

DEVELOPING as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply
   Synonym(s)
   • underdeveloped (what does underdeveloped mean?)
   Similar To
   • nonindustrial (what does nonindustrial mean?)
2. Meaning
   • gradually unfolding or growing (especially as of something latent)
   Usage Example(s)
   • his developing social conscience
   • after the long winter they took joy in the developing warmth of spring
   Participle(s)
   • develop (what does develop mean?)
3. Meaning
   • making or becoming visible through or as if through the action of a chemical agent
   Usage Example(s)
   • he watched as the developing photograph became clearer and sharper
   Participle(s)
   • develop (what does develop mean?)