Definitions for developing
dɪˈvɛl ə pɪŋde·vel·op·ing

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1. development, developing(adj)

   processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible

   "the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours"

2. developing, underdeveloped(adj)

   relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply

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1. developing(n.)

   the process of treating a photosensitive material with chemicals in order to make a latent image visible.

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1. developing(Adjective)

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

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1. Developing

   of Develop

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1. Developing

   Developing is a 1994 short film directed by Marya Cohn, about the relationship between a girl and her single mother, who has breast cancer. The film stars Natalie Portman as Nina.

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1. developing

   Verb form of the word develop.

   The developing creation of peace agreements is vital for humanity.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 9, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'developing' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3188

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'developing' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3607

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'developing' in Adjectives Frequency: #436

How to pronounce developing?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of developing in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of developing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of developing in a Sentence

1. Bill Gross:

   It is true that if much of the developing world is younger demographically (think India), then developed nations could and should transfer an increasing percentage of their financial assets to emerging markets to help foot the demographic bills back home, long term then, as opposed to currently, think about increasing your asset allocation to the developing world.

2. Gene Klager:

   We are developing algorithms for infrared search and track - we have a passive way to detect and track we would then hand off the target location to a countermeasure system.

3. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi:

   Talks on the Iran nuclear issue face a historic opportunity, and striking a comprehensive deal on schedule is the trend of the times and the desire of the people, reaching comprehensive agreement is beneficial to Iran upholding its own legal rights, including the right to the peaceful use of nuclear power, and for the people of Iran to throw off the difficulties of sanctions as early as possible and focus on energetically developing the economy.

4. Zou Ji:

   On funding, we aren't that satisfied, especially when it comes to pre-2020 funding which is relatively weak, on post-2020 funding, they have written in the principle that developed countries have to provide support to developing countries but there are a lot of specifics that were impossible to put in the agreement.

5. Nancy Messonier:

   You have to just approach people where they are and answer their questions, it's about the slow work of developing trust.

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