development
nounUS, UK /dɪˈvɛl.əp.mənt/ · IN /ˈɖeʋᵊ.ləp.menʈ/
Etymology From French développement, from Old French desvelopemens (“unrolling”). By surface analysis, develop + -ment. First attested in 1756.
11 senses
- 1The process of developing; growth, directed change.
- 2The process by which a mature multicellular organism or…
- 3Something which has developed.
- 4A project consisting of one or more commercial or…
- 5The building of such a project.
- 6The application of new ideas to practical problems (cf.…
- 7The active placement of the pieces, or the process of…
- 8The process by in which previous material is transformed…
- 9The second section of a piece of music in sonata form…
- 10The expression of a function in the form of a series.
- 11The processing of photographic film so as to bring out…
The process of developing; growth, directed change.
- The development of this story has been slow.
- Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.2013 July 19, Ian Sample, “Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 34:
Biology, Natural sciences The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is produced by the addition of new cells.
- The organism has reached a crucial stage in its development.
- Of more significance in the nature of branch development; in the Jubulaceae, as in the Porellaceae, branches are acroscopic and normally replace a ventral leaf lobe.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 5:
Something which has developed.
- Our news team brings you the latest developments.
- up-to-date with new developments in IT
Business, Real estate A project consisting of one or more commercial or residential buildings.
Business, Real estate The building of such a project.
The application of new ideas to practical problems (cf. research).
- Our development department has produced three new adhesives this year.
Board games, Chess, Games The active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it.
- White's development is good, but black's has been hampered by the pawn on e5.
Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music The process by in which previous material is transformed and restated.
Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music The second section of a piece of music in sonata form, in which the original theme is revisited in altered and varying form.
Mathematics, Sciences The expression of a function in the form of a series.
Arts, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Photography The processing of photographic film so as to bring out the images latent in it.
- I sent the film to a specialist lab for development.
- Derived terms
48 terms
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