development

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Etymology

develop +‎ -ment

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dəˈvɛləpmənt/

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Noun

development (countable and uncountable; plural developments)

1. (uncountable) The process of developing; growth, directed change

   The development of this story has been slow.

2. (uncountable, biology) The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is produced by the addition of new cells.

   The organism has reached a crucial stage in its development.

   • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page 5

     Of more significance in the nature of branch development; in the Jubulaceae, as in the Porellaceae, branches are acroscopic and normally replace a ventral leaf lobe.

3. (countable) Something which has developed

   Our news team brings you the latest developments.

4. (countable) A real estate development
5. (uncountable) The application of new ideas to practical problems (cf. research)

   Our development department has produced three new adhesives this year.

6. (chess, uncountable) The active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it

   White's development is good, but black's has been hampered by the pawn on e5.

7. (music) The second section of a piece of music in sonata form.

Related terms

• career development
• community development
• arrested development
• real estate development

Translations

process of developing

Albanian: zhvillim (sq) m. Arabic: إعمار Azeri: inkişaf (az) Bulgarian: развитие (bg) n., напредък (bg) m. Catalan: desenvolupament (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 發展 (cmn), 发展 (cmn) (fāzhǎn), 開發 (cmn), 开发 (cmn) (kāifā) Czech: vývoj (cs) m. Danish: udvikling (da) Dutch: ontwikkeling (nl) Esperanto: disvolvado (eo) Finnish: kehitys, kehittyminen French: développement (fr) m. German: Entwicklung (de) f. Hebrew: התפתחות (he) (hitpatkhút) f. Interlingua: disveloppamento (ia)

Italian: sviluppo (it) m., potenziamento (it) m. Kamba: maendeleo Kikuyu: maendeleo Kurdish: ئاواکردنه‌وه‌ Luhya: kamaendeleo Macedonian: развој (mk) (rázvoj) m., развиток (mk) (rázvitok) m. Polish: rozwój (pl) m. Portuguese: desenvolvimento (pt) m. Romanian: dezvoltare (ro) f. Russian: развитие (ru) (razvítije) n. Scottish Gaelic: adhartas (gd) m., leasachadh (gd) m. Slovene: razvoj (sl) m. Spanish: desarrollo (es) m. Swahili: khuendelea (sw), maendeleo (sw) Swedish: utveckling (sv) Telugu: పెరుగుదల (te) (perugudala) Turkish: ilerleme (tr), kalkınma (tr), gelişme (tr), gelişim (tr)

something which has developed

Danish: udvikling (da) Finnish: kehitys (fi) German: Entwicklung (de) f. Hebrew: התפתחות (he) (hitpatkhút) f. Italian: potenziamento (it) m.

Kurdish: ئاوه‌دان کردنه‌وه‌, ئاوه‌دانی Russian: достижение (ru) (dostižénije) n., разработка (ru) (razrabótka) f. Scottish Gaelic: adhartas (gd) m., leasachadh (gd) m. Swedish: utveckling (sv)

real estate development

Danish: udbygning (da), udvidelse (da) Hebrew: פיתוח (pituakh) m.

Swedish: utbyggnad (sv)

application of new ideas to practical problems (compare research)

Bulgarian: усъвършенстване (bg) n. Czech: vývoj (cs) m. Danish: udvikling (da)

Hebrew: פיתוח (he) (pitú`akh) m. Scottish Gaelic: adhartas (gd) m. Swedish: utveckling (sv)

active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it

Danish: udvikling (da)

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Spanish: desarrollo (1,2) Telugu: అభివృద్ధి (abhivRddhi) Ukrainian: розвиток (1,2) Tagalog: kaunlaran (1,2), Pagkakahubog (the root word is "hubog")as in completely developed- lubus na pagkakahubog. Kinaray-a: kaoswagan (1,2)