Development
[dɪ'veləpm(ə)nt] or [dɪ'vɛləpmənt]
Definition
(noun.) act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining; 'he congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency'; 'they funded research and development'.
(noun.) (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated.
(noun.) a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation; 'recent developments in Iraq'; 'what a revolting development!'.
(noun.) a district that has been developed to serve some purpose; 'such land is practical for small park developments'.
(noun.) processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible; 'the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours'.
(noun.) a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage); 'the development of his ideas took many years'; 'the evolution of Greek civilization'; 'the slow development of her skill as a writer'.
(noun.) a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess); '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'.
Editor: Patrick--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an image upon a photographic plate; gradual advancement or growth through a series of progressive changes; also, the result of developing, or a developed state.
(n.) The series of changes which animal and vegetable organisms undergo in their passage from the embryonic state to maturity, from a lower to a higher state of organization.
(n.) The act or process of changing or expanding an expression into another of equivalent value or meaning.
(n.) The equivalent expression into which another has been developed.
(n.) The elaboration of a theme or subject; the unfolding of a musical idea; the evolution of a whole piece or movement from a leading theme or motive.
Checked by Barry
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Unfolding, disclosure, exhibition, unravelling, disentanglement.[2]. Growth, increase, progress to maturity.
Editor: Nita
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Outgrowth, fruit, crop, harvest, product, bud
ANT:Cause, origin, source, principal
Checked by Karol
Examples
- So old an art, and so great and continuous a need for its products necessarily must have resulted in much development and progress. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- You will let me know any fresh development, Miss Smith. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- In the story of this passion, too, the development varies: sometimes it is the glorious marriage, sometimes frustration and final parting. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- We can, however, see in a general manner that various causes might have interfered with the development of a long neck or proboscis. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- We have been at some pains in this history to make plain the development of these differences. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We have applied this test to three general aims: Development according to nature, social efficiency, and culture or personal mental enrichment. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- There is no apparent relation between effects so dissimilar; yet the steps of progress can be distinctly traced, from the attraction of a feather to the development of the electric telegraph. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- But every subject at some phase of its development should possess, what is for the individual concerned with it, an aesthetic quality. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- We have given an epitome of the development of the submarine vessel up to the opening of the twentieth century. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- There is an activity in process; one is taken up with the development of a theme. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He did not believe in spontaneous alterations, but found that every marked change in the quality of beer coincides with the development of micro-organism s. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- All must be brought to a certain level of political development; all must know why they are fighting, and its importance. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Even in 1847 few of these things had lost their novelty, most of them were in the earlier stages of development. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Don't the botanists put it highest in the line of development? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- There is a conception of education which professes to be based upon the idea of development. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- As allied branches of the photographic art, photo-engraving, photo-lithographing, and half-tone engraving are important developments of the Nineteenth Century. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- We locked every door on the inside and awaited developments. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The Holly converter, covered by United States patents No. 86,303, and No. 86,304, January 26, 1869, represented one of the most important American developments of the Bessemer converter. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It is interesting to note that Edison became greatly interested in the later developments by Marconi, and is an admiring friend and adviser of that well-known inventor. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It would not have been necessary for him to have been embalmed that length of time to have witnessed some great developments of his favorite science. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Typewriters for short hand characters, and for foreign languages, and for printing on record and blank books, are also among the modern developments of this art. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He is describing, with a certain subdued enthusiasm, the probable technical developments of military method in the next war. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I expect developments, Watson. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The letter, then, is from a certain foreign potentate who has been ruffled by some recent Colonial developments of this country. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The professor had been stricken dumb with surprise by the rapid developments of the past few minutes. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- At various points in the social system there were probably developments of exclusiveness, an actual barring out of interlopers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- More recent developments in this art are shown in patents to Wetherill, No. 555,792, March 3, 1896, and Payne, No. 641,148, January 9, 1900. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Have there been any fresh developments? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The commercial use of electric heating is one of the more recent electrical developments. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- And there were considerable developments of seamanship and shipbuilding in progress. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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