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deˈveloped, ppl. a.
[f. develop v. + -ed]
In senses of the vb. spec. economically advanced, industrialized; esp. as developed country. Cf. developing country s.v. developing ppl. a. and under-developed a. b.
1656Blount Glossogr., Developed [see develop v. 1]. 1859Mill Liberty iii. (1865) 37/2 To show, that these developed human beings are of some use to the undeveloped. 1945Ann. Reg. 1944 137 Fully urbanised natives, native farm-workers, ‘relatively developed’ and dependent on regular earnings. 1962J. K. Galbraith Econ. Devel. in Perspective iii. 31 In the modern and developed economy there is a certain choice as to how resources..will be organized for productive purposes. 1968New Statesman 19 July 82/2 The advance of the developed countries today and the nature and rate of change in modern technology are such as constantly to widen the gap between the rich and the poor. 1971Nature 11 June 341/1 The sad condition of Bengal will remain as a sombre reproach to developed nations for many years to come. 1978Internat. Rel. Dict. (U.S. Dept. State Library) 11/2 Developed countries were asked to provide 1 percent of their national incomes as financial aid to developing countries. 1986Times 15 Apr. 24/2 The drift of mineral production, smelting, refining and even fabrication from developed industrial countries to developing and industrializing competitors.
▸ developed world n. (collectively, with the) those countries of the world considered to be more technologically and economically advanced; the industrialized nations; cf. developing world n. at developing adj. Additions.
[1928Times 8 Sept. 17/5 Civil aviation starts not in a primitive world but in a highly developed world. It starts not with a valueless dug-out canoe or ox-wagon, but..with the very highest and most costly product of men's science and skill.] 1954Amer. Econ. Rev. 44 600 The real question is whether economists like ourselves, trained in the workshops of the *developed world, are really perceptive enough..to prescribe the necessary remedies for today's underdeveloped area problems. 2001AXM Aug. 90/1 Successful therapies to prevent both PCP and MAC (Mycobacterium avium complex) became more widely available in the developed world. |