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Meaning of development

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  development
      n 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 evolution of
         Greek civilization"; "the slow development of her skill as a
         writer" [syn: {development}, {evolution}] [ant:
         {degeneration}, {devolution}]
      3: (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: {growth}, {growing},
         {maturation}, {development}, {ontogeny}, {ontogenesis}] [ant:
         {nondevelopment}]
      4: a recent event that has some relevance for the present
         situation; "recent developments in Iraq"; "what a revolting
         development!"
      5: the act of making some area of land or water more profitable
         or productive or useful; "the development of Alaskan
         resources"; "the exploitation of copper deposits" [syn:
         {exploitation}, {development}]
      6: a district that has been developed to serve some purpose;
         "such land is practical for small park developments"
      7: 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"
      8: processing a photosensitive material in order to make an
         image visible; "the development and printing of his pictures
         took only two hours" [syn: {development}, {developing}]
      9: (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially
         in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed
         and elaborated

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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