Antonym: decay, decline. Similar words: developmental, develop, developer, developing, developing countries, envelope, equipment, commencement. Meaning: [-mənt] 
n. 1. act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining 2. a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage) 3. a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation 4. the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful 5. a district that has been developed to serve some purpose 6. a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess) 7. (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 8. processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible 9. (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated.
n. 1. act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining 2. a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage) 3. a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation 4. the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful 5. a district that has been developed to serve some purpose 6. a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess) 7. (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 8. processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible 9. (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated. 
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1. The town has been designated a development area.
2. Development has affected vast swathes of our countryside.
3. A vast tract of land is ready for development.
4. the development of written language.
5. That sale precludes further development on this site.
6. We welcome this development very much.
7. The development of this industry will take several years.
8. All our profits are re-invested in research and development.
9. They bought a 40-acre tract of land for development.
10. Shortage of labour power retarded our economic development.
11. The doctor observes the development of the child.
12. The new airport will facilitate the development of tourism.
13. Education is central to a country's economic development.
14. The children are at different stages of development.
15. This is a worrying development for small businesses.
16. She sits on/is on the school's development committee.
17. They announced the initiation of a rural development programme.
18. Money will also go into local development projects in Vietnam.
19. Later centuries saw the development of a complex transport system.
20. I think the development is a stalking horse for exploitation of the surrounding countryside.
21. He submitted his proposal for urban development to the city council.
22. Road development in the area has been severely affected by the conservation programmes of the council.
23. The tribe's development was more primitive than that of their neighbours.
24. The spokeswoman said that Nimby attitudes were delaying development of the site.
25. The two universities are to cooperate in the development of a new industrial process.
26. Between the eighth week of development and birth a human embryo is called a foetus.
27. It's a logical site for a new supermarket,[sentencedict.com] with the housing development nearby.
28. Let black and white as brothers, South Africa to the prosperity and development.
29. This would seem to be an opportune moment for reviving our development plan.
30. Jaron Lanier coined the term "virtual reality" and pioneered its early development.
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