developingadjective
uk/dɪˈvel.ə.pɪŋ/us/dɪˈvel.ə.pɪŋ/B2 A developing country or area of the world is poorer and has less advanced industries, especially in Africa, Latin America, or Asia:
the developing world/countries/nations
[ before noun ] growing or becoming stronger or more advanced
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- The World Bank is being urged to write off debts from developing countries.
- Helping to alleviate poverty in developing countries also helps to reduce environmental destruction.
- I signed a petition in support of the campaign to end the marketing of baby milk in developing countries.
- The standard of living in many developing countries is low.
- In a number of developing countries, war has been an additional impediment to progress.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Making progress and advancing
- a step forward idiom
- advance
- advancement
- ahead
- be cooking idiom
- betterment
- develop
- graduate
- grow
- grow into sb/sth
- grow out of sth
- have come a long way idiom
- headway
- rise
- shape
- speciation
- spread your wings idiom
- steer a course/path idiom
- step
- streak ahead
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