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| Sounds | dihveh'lahpmahnt |
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| Rhymes | abandonment, abatement, aberrant, and 658 more rhymes in ahnt... |
| Meaning | Act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining. |
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| Examples | "he congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency"; "they funded research and development" |
| Broader | improvement |
| Narrower | advancement, progress; broadening; elaboration, working out; product development |
| Verbs | develop; develop |
| Meaning | A process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage). |
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| Examples | "the development of his ideas took many years"; "the slow development of her skill as a writer" |
| Synonyms | evolution |
| Contrary | degeneration, devolution |
| Broader | process, physical process |
| Narrower | assibilation; deepening; growth; unfolding, flowering |
| Verbs | develop |
| Meaning | A recent event that has some relevance for the present situation. |
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| Examples | "recent developments in Iraq"; "what a revolting development!" |
| Broader | change, alteration, modification |
| Narrower | turn, turn of events, twist; phenomenon; complication, ramification |
| Verbs | develop |
| Meaning | The act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful. |
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| Examples | "the development of Alaskan resources" |
| Synonyms | exploitation |
| Broader | use, usage, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise |
| Narrower | land development; water development, water project, water program; overexploitation, overuse, overutilization, overutilisation; capitalization, capitalisation; commercialization, commercialisation; electrification; unitization, unitisation |
| Verbs | develop |
| Meaning | A district that has been developed to serve some purpose. |
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| Examples | "such land is practical for small park developments" |
| Broader | district, territory, territorial dominion, dominion |
| Narrower | housing development; housing estate |
| Verbs | develop |
| Meaning | A state in which things are improving. The result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess). |
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| Examples | "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" |
| Category | chess, chess game |
| Broader | improvement, melioration |
| Narrower | underdevelopment |
| Verbs | develop; develop |
| Meaning | Processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible. |
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| Examples | "the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours" |
| Synonyms | developing |
| Broader | processing |
| Narrower | underdevelopment |
| Verbs | develop |
| Meaning | (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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| Category | music |
| Broader | section, subdivision |
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