1. 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" 
2. 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 slow development of her skill as a writer"
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Derived forms: developments

See also: develop, developmental

Type of: alteration, biological process, change, district, dominion, employment, exercise, improvement, melioration, modification, organic process, physical process, process, processing, section, subdivision, territorial dominion, territory, usage, use, utilisation [Brit], utilization

Antonym: nondevelopment

Encyclopedia: Development

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