development
//dɪˈvɛl.əp.mənt//
formalForms
- Plural
- developments
Definitions
1.The process of developing; growth, directed change.
- The development of this story has been slow.
2.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.
3.Something which has developed.
- Our news team brings you the latest developments.
4.A project consisting of one or more commercial or residential buildings.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #522
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Common
- Literature
- Rare
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Etymology
From French développement, from Old French desvelopemens (“unrolling”).
By surface analysis, develop + -ment.
First attested in 1756.