Meaning : Act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining.
Example :
He congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency.
They funded research and development.
Meaning : A process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage).
Example :
The development of his ideas took many years.
The evolution of Greek civilization.
The slow development of her skill as a writer.
Synonyms : evolution
Translation in other languages :
The process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality.
degeneration, devolutionMeaning : (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.
Example :
He proposed an indicator of osseous development in children.
Synonyms : growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny
Failure of normal development to occur.
nondevelopmentMeaning : A recent event that has some relevance for the present situation.
Example :
Recent developments in Iraq.
What a revolting development!.
Meaning : The act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful.
Example :
The development of Alaskan resources.
The exploitation of copper deposits.
Synonyms : exploitation
Meaning : A district that has been developed to serve some purpose.
Example :
Such land is practical for small park developments.
Meaning : A state in which things are improving. The result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess).
Example :
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.
Meaning : Processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible.
Example :
The development and printing of his pictures took only two hours.
Synonyms : developing
Meaning : (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated.
Development meaning in Bengali (Bangla).