• 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"
• 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"
• a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation; "recent Developments in Iraq"; "what a revolting Development!"
• a district that has been developed to serve some purpose; "such land is practical for small park Developments"
• processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible; "the Development and printing of his pictures took only two hours"
• 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"
• (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"
• 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

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