developing

English

Verb

developing

1. present participle of develop

Adjective

developing

1. In the process of development.

   a developing foetus

2. Of a country: becoming economically more mature or advanced; becoming industrialized.

Derived terms

• developing country

Translations

of a country

• Armenian: զարգացող (zargacʻoġ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 發展的／发展的 (zh), 发展的 (zh) (fāzhăn de), 發展中／发展中 (zh) (fāzhǎnzhōng), 发展中 (zh) (fāzhǎnzhōng)

• Czech: rozvojový m
• Finnish: kehittyvä (fi), kehitys- (fi) (see: kehitysmaa)
• French: en développement
• German: entwickelnd (de), Entwicklungs- (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: fejlődő (hu)
• Italian: in via di sviluppo
• Japanese: 発展途上 (はってんとじょう, hatten-tojō)
• Macedonian: во развој (vo razvoj)
• Portuguese: em desenvolvimento
• Russian: развива́ющийся (ru) (razvivájuščijsja)
• Spanish: en vías de desarrollo
• Tagalog: papaunlad

Noun

developing (plural developings)

1. A process of development.
   • 1854, John Campbell (editor), The Christian witness and church members' magazine

     In the developings of an inscrutable Providence, the kingdoms of the earth have become embroiled, and who can say where the complication will terminate?