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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61. All people cooperated in the development of our country.
62. Genes control the development of an embryo.
63. Welfare spending aids economic development in three ways.
64. The effects of technological development are revolutionary.
65. The firm set up its own property development operation.
66. He is currently focusing on assessment and development.
67. The central plank of the bill was rural development.
68. California has lost 90% of its wetlands to development.
69. He ran a property development business in the eighties.
70. Many local people believe the development will profit them.
71. Most development has been concentrated in and around cities.
72. Economic progress is closely bound up with educational development.
73. It had passed through various stages of development.
74. Mr Berkowitz is in charge of product development.
75. We are spending $850m on research and development.
76. Increasingly, farm land is yielding to property development.http://sentencedict.com
77. The land was sold for development.
78. The region has enormous potential for economic development.
79. The environment is worsening for the development of industry.
80. There have been financial and political constraints on development.
81. The site is being cleared for development.
82. How is the economic development zone going on?
83. The book treats the problems of economic development.
84. He has been promoted to business development manager.
85. The new development will generate 1500 new jobs.
86. Many locals are strongly opposed to the development.
87. The second phase of development overlaps the first.
88. The family base was crucial to my development.
89. The new vaccine is still under development.
90. The area has remained relatively untouched by commercial development.
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