| 单词 | development |
| 释义 | development (once / 78 pages) n Development is the act of improving by expanding, enlarging, or refining. The merging of two university departments might lead to the development of a new curriculum. There are many other definitions for this noun, too. Real estate development is the conversion of land or property to a specific use, like housing or retail space. To grow up, we pass through many stages of development, from infancy to old age. Breaking news is often followed by developments, that is, recent events or information that's relevant to the story. WORD FAMILYdevelopment: developmental, developments, nondevelopment+/develop: developed, developer, developing, development, develops, redevelop, underdevelop/developed: undeveloped/developer: developers/developmental: developmentally/redevelop: redeveloped, redeveloping, redevelopment/underdevelop: underdeveloped, underdeveloping, underdevelopment USAGE EXAMPLESHe started the Alabama Development Office to recruit industry to the state. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Mr. Trump said in May that he would enter direct talks with Mr. Kim as a way to try to deter its nuclear-weapon development. Wall Street Journal(Jan 03, 2017) The zoning changes proposed along the trolley will allow relatively intense commercial and residential development there, which fits with the city’s climate action plan. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1n 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 Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper evolution degeneration, devolution the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality assibilation the development of a consonant phoneme into a sibilant deepeninga process of becoming deeper and more profound growtha progression from simpler to more complex forms flowering, unfoldinga developmental process physical process, process a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states 2n the act of improving by expanding, enlarging, or refining he congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency they funded research and development Hypo|Hyper advancement, progress gradual improvement or growth or development broadeningthe action of making broader elaboration, working outdeveloping in intricate and painstaking detail product developmentimproving an existing product or developing new kinds of products forwarding, furtherance, promotionthe advancement of some enterprise stridesignificant progress (especially in the phrase "make strides") work flow, workflowprogress (or rate of progress) in work being done improvement the act of improving something 3n a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation recent developments in Iraq what a revolting development! Hypo|Hyper turn, turn of events, twist an unforeseen development phenomenona remarkable development complication, ramificationa development that complicates a situation alteration, change, modification an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another 4n the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful the development of Alaskan resources Syn|Hypo|Hyper exploitation land development making an area of land more useful water development, water program, water projectmaking an area of water more useful overexploitation, overuse, overutilisation, overutilizationexploitation to the point of diminishing returns capitalisation, capitalizationthe act of capitalizing on an opportunity commercialisation, commercializationthe act of commercializing something; involving something in commerce electrificationthe act of providing electricity unitisation, unitizationthe joint development of a petroleum resource that straddles territory controlled by different companies employment, exercise, usage, use, utilisation, utilization the act of using 5n a district that has been developed to serve some purpose such land is practical for small park developments Hypo|Hyper housing development a residential area of similar dwellings built by property developers and usually under a single management housing estatea residential area where the houses were all planned and built at the same time housing project, public housinga housing development that is publicly funded and administered for low-income families district, dominion, territorial dominion, territory a region marked off for administrative or other purposes 6n (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny nondevelopment failure of normal development to occur culture (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar) amelogenesisthe developmental process of forming tooth enamel angiogenesisthe formation of new blood vessels apposition(biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material auxesisgrowth from increase in cell size without cell division anthesis, blossoming, efflorescence, florescence, flowering, inflorescencethe time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms caenogenesis, cainogenesis, cenogenesis, kainogenesis, kenogenesisintroduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution) cohesion(botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals) cultivationthe process of fostering the growth of something cytogenesis, cytogenythe origin and development and variation of cells foliation, leafing(botany) the process of forming leaves fructificationthe bearing of fruit gametogenesisthe development and maturation of sex cells through meiosis germination, sproutingthe process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow habitthe general form or mode of growth (especially of a plant or crystal) infructescencethe fruiting stage of the inflorescence intussusception(biology) growth in the surface area of a cell by the deposit of new particles between existing particles in the cell wall juvenescencethe process of growing into a youth life cyclethe course of developmental changes in an organism from fertilized zygote to maturity when another zygote can be produced masculinisation, masculinization, virilisation, virilizationthe abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction) morphogenesisdifferentiation and growth of the structure of an organism (or a part of an organism) myelinisation, myelinizationthe development of a myelin sheath around a nerve fiber neurogenesisthe development of nerve tissues palingenesis, recapitulationemergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species proliferationgrowth by the rapid multiplication of parts psychogenesisa general term for the origin and development of almost any aspect of the mind psychogenesisthe development in the life of an individual of some disorder that is caused by psychological rather than physiological factors psychomotor developmentprogressive acquisition of skills involving both mental and motor activities psychosexual development(psychoanalysis) the process during which personality and sexual behavior mature through a series of stages: first oral stage and then anal stage and then phallic stage and then latency stage and finally genital stage rootingthe process of putting forth roots and beginning to grow suppressionthe failure to develop some part or organ dentition, odontiasis, teethingthe eruption through the gums of baby teeth teratogenesisthe development of defects in an embryo vegetationthe process of growth in plants startera culture containing yeast or bacteria that is used to start the process of fermentation or souring in making butter or cheese or dough oogenesisdevelopment of ova precocious dentitionteething at an earlier age than expected spermatogenesisdevelopment of spermatozoa biological process, organic process a process occurring in living organisms 7n (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated Hyper section, subdivision a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical) 8n a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess) after he saw the latest development he changed his mind and became a supporter in chess your should take care of your development before moving your queen Hypo|Hyper underdevelopment state of inadequate development improvement, melioration a condition superior to an earlier condition 9n processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours Syn|Hypo|Hyper developing underdevelopment (photography) inadequate processing of film resulting in inadequate contrast processing preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure |
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