DEVELOPMENT as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining
   Usage Example(s)
   • he congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency
   • they funded research and development
   Hypernyms(s) development is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • improvement (what does improvement mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • advancement (what does advancement mean?)
   • progress (what does progress mean?)
   • broadening (what does broadening mean?)
   • elaboration (what does elaboration mean?)
   • working out (what does working out mean?)
   • product development (what does product development mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • develop (what does develop mean?)
   • modernize (what does modernize mean?)
   • modernise (what does modernise mean?)
   • develop (what does develop mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful
   Synonym(s)
   • exploitation (what does exploitation mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the development of Alaskan resources
   • the exploitation of copper deposits
   Hypernyms(s) development is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • use (what does use mean?)
   • usage (what does usage mean?)
   • utilization (what does utilization mean?)
   • utilisation (what does utilisation mean?)
   • employment (what does employment mean?)
   • exercise (what does exercise mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • land development (what does land development mean?)
   • water development (what does water development mean?)
   • water project (what does water project mean?)
   • water program (what does water program mean?)
   • overexploitation (what does overexploitation mean?)
   • overuse (what does overuse mean?)
   • overutilization (what does overutilization mean?)
   • overutilisation (what does overutilisation mean?)
   • capitalization (what does capitalization mean?)
   • capitalisation (what does capitalisation mean?)
   • commercialization (what does commercialization mean?)
   • commercialisation (what does commercialisation mean?)
   • electrification (what does electrification mean?)
   • unitization (what does unitization mean?)
   • unitisation (what does unitisation mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • build up (what does build up mean?)
   • develop (what does develop mean?)
   • overwork (what does overwork mean?)
   • exploit (what does exploit mean?)
   • exploit (what does exploit mean?)
   • tap (what does tap mean?)
   • exploit (what does exploit mean?)
   • work (what does work mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation
   Usage Example(s)
   • recent developments in Iraq
   • what a revolting development!
   Hypernyms(s) development is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change (what does change mean?)
   • alteration (what does alteration mean?)
   • modification (what does modification mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • turn (what does turn mean?)
   • turn of events (what does turn of events mean?)
   • twist (what does twist mean?)
   • phenomenon (what does phenomenon mean?)
   • complication (what does complication mean?)
   • ramification (what does ramification mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • break (what does break mean?)
   • recrudesce (what does recrudesce mean?)
   • develop (what does develop mean?)
4. Meaning
   • a district that has been developed to serve some purpose
   Usage Example(s)
   • such land is practical for small park developments
   Hypernyms(s) development is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • district (what does district mean?)
   • territory (what does territory mean?)
   • territorial dominion (what does territorial dominion mean?)
   • dominion (what does dominion mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • housing development (what does housing development mean?)
   • housing estate (what does housing estate mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • build up (what does build up mean?)
   • develop (what does develop mean?)
5. Meaning
   • processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible
   Synonym(s)
   • developing (what does developing mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours
   Hypernyms(s) development 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?)
6. Meaning
   • a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
   Synonym(s)
   • evolution (what does evolution mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the development of his ideas took many years
   • the evolution of Greek civilization
   • the slow development of her skill as a writer
   Hypernyms(s) development is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • process (what does process mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • degeneration (what does degeneration mean?)
   • devolution (what does devolution mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • assibilation (what does assibilation mean?)
   • deepening (what does deepening mean?)
   • growth (what does growth mean?)
   • unfolding (what does unfolding mean?)
   • flowering (what does flowering mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • evolve (what does evolve mean?)
   • develop (what does develop mean?)
   • grow (what does grow mean?)
7. Meaning
   • (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically
   • a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
   Synonym(s)
   • growing (what does growing mean?)
   • growth (what does growth mean?)
   • maturation (what does maturation mean?)
   • ontogenesis (what does ontogenesis mean?)
   • ontogeny (what does ontogeny mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children
   Hypernyms(s) development is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • organic process (what does organic process mean?)
   • biological process (what does biological process mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • nondevelopment (what does nondevelopment mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • culture (what does culture mean?)
   • amelogenesis (what does amelogenesis mean?)
   • angiogenesis (what does angiogenesis mean?)
   • apposition (what does apposition mean?)
   • auxesis (what does auxesis mean?)
   • blossoming (what does blossoming mean?)
   • flowering (what does flowering mean?)
   • florescence (what does florescence mean?)
   • inflorescence (what does inflorescence mean?)
   • anthesis (what does anthesis mean?)
   • efflorescence (what does efflorescence mean?)
   • cenogenesis (what does cenogenesis mean?)
   • kenogenesis (what does kenogenesis mean?)
   • caenogenesis (what does caenogenesis mean?)
   • cainogenesis (what does cainogenesis mean?)
   • kainogenesis (what does kainogenesis mean?)
   • cohesion (what does cohesion mean?)
   • cytogenesis (what does cytogenesis mean?)
   • cytogeny (what does cytogeny mean?)
   • foliation (what does foliation mean?)
   • leafing (what does leafing mean?)
   • fructification (what does fructification mean?)
   • gametogenesis (what does gametogenesis mean?)
   • germination (what does germination mean?)
   • sprouting (what does sprouting mean?)
   • infructescence (what does infructescence mean?)
   • intussusception (what does intussusception mean?)
   • juvenescence (what does juvenescence mean?)
   • life cycle (what does life cycle mean?)
   • masculinization (what does masculinization mean?)
   • masculinisation (what does masculinisation mean?)
   • virilization (what does virilization mean?)
   • virilisation (what does virilisation mean?)
   • morphogenesis (what does morphogenesis mean?)
   • myelinization (what does myelinization mean?)
   • myelinisation (what does myelinisation mean?)
   • neurogenesis (what does neurogenesis mean?)
   • palingenesis (what does palingenesis mean?)
   • recapitulation (what does recapitulation mean?)
   • proliferation (what does proliferation mean?)
   • psychomotor development (what does psychomotor development mean?)
   • psychosexual development (what does psychosexual development mean?)
   • rooting (what does rooting mean?)
   • suppression (what does suppression mean?)
   • teething (what does teething mean?)
   • dentition (what does dentition mean?)
   • odontiasis (what does odontiasis mean?)
   • teratogenesis (what does teratogenesis mean?)
   • vegetation (what does vegetation mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • develop (what does develop mean?)
   • grow (what does grow mean?)
   • develop (what does develop mean?)
   • produce (what does produce mean?)
   • get (what does get mean?)
   • acquire (what does acquire mean?)
   • senesce (what does senesce mean?)
   • age (what does age mean?)
   • get on (what does get on mean?)
   • mature (what does mature mean?)
   • maturate (what does maturate mean?)
   • senesce (what does senesce mean?)
   • age (what does age mean?)
   • get on (what does get on mean?)
   • mature (what does mature mean?)
   • maturate (what does maturate mean?)
   • mature (what does mature mean?)
   • maturate (what does maturate mean?)
   • grow (what does grow mean?)
   • grow (what does grow mean?)
   • grow (what does grow mean?)
   • grow (what does grow mean?)
   • grow (what does grow mean?)
   • mature (what does mature mean?)
   • maturate (what does maturate mean?)
   • grow (what does grow mean?)
8. Meaning
   • a state in which things are improving
   • the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess)
   Usage Example(s)
   • after he saw the latest development he changed his mind and became a supporter
   • in chess your should take care of your development before moving
   Hypernyms(s) development is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • improvement (what does improvement mean?)
   • melioration (what does melioration mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • underdevelopment (what does underdevelopment mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • develop (what does develop mean?)
   • develop (what does develop mean?)