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development

noun
  1. act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining
    “I congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency.”
  2. the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful
    “the development of Alaskan resources”
    exploitation
  3. (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated
  4. a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation
    “recent developments in Iraq”
  5. a district that has been developed to serve some purpose
    “such land is practical for small park developments”
  6. processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible
    “The development and printing of the pictures took only two hours.”
    developing
  7. a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage, especially a more advanced or mature stage
    “The development of this idea took many years.”
    evolution
  8. (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically
    growing
  9. a state in which things are improving