development
pronunciation
How to pronounce development in British English:
UK [dɪˈveləpmənt]
How to pronounce development in American English:
US [dɪˈveləpmənt]
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- Noun:
- act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining
- a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
- a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation
- the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful
- a district that has been developed to serve some purpose
- a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess)
- (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
- processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible
Word Origin
- development (n.)
- 1756, "an unfolding;" see develop + -ment. Of property, with the sense "bringing out the latent possibilities," from 1885 (Pickering's glossary of Americanisms, 1816, has betterments "The improvements made on new lands, by cultivation, and the erection of buildings, &c."). Meaning "state of economic advancement" is from 1902. Meaning "advancement through progressive stages" is 1836.
Example
- 1. What is your development environment like ?
- 2. And sulphur is needed for other things-including brain development .
- 3. I 'm not a development economist .
- 4. A uk expert said chemicals may affect the development of male babies .
- 5. Meanwhile , the government continues to target infrastructure development .