1. (noun)development act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining "he congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency"; "they funded research and development"
2. (noun)development, evolution a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
"the development of his ideas took many years"; "the evolution of Greek civilization"; "the slow development of her skill as a writer"
3. (noun)growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis (biology) the process of an individualorganismgrowing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a morecomplexlevel "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"
4. (noun)development a recentevent that has some relevance for the presentsituation "recent developments in Iraq"; "what a revolting development!"
5. (noun)exploitation, development the act of making some area of land or watermore profitable or productive or useful
"the development of Alaskan resources"; "the exploitation of copper deposits"
6. (noun)development a district that has been developed to serve some purpose "such land is practical for small park developments"
7. (noun)development a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess)
"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 your queen"
8. (noun)development, developing processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible
"the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours"
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