Synonyms: development
Definition: act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining
Usage: he congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency; they funded research and development
Similar words: improvement
Definition: the act of improving something
Usage: their improvements increased the value of the property
Synonyms: exploitation, development
Definition: the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful
Usage: the development of Alaskan resources; the exploitation of copper deposits
Similar words: usage, use, utilisation, utilization, employment, exercise
Definition: the act of using
Usage: he warned against the use of narcotic drugs; skilled in the utilization of computers
Synonyms: development
Definition: (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated
Similar words: section, subdivision
Definition: a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical)
Usage: he always turns first to the business section; the history of this work is discussed in the next section
Synonyms: development
Definition: a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation
Usage: recent developments in Iraq; what a revolting development!
Similar words: change, modification, alteration
Definition: an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
Usage: the change was intended to increase sales; this storm is certainly a change for the worse; the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago
Synonyms: development
Definition: a district that has been developed to serve some purpose
Usage: such land is practical for small park developments
Similar words: territorial dominion, territory, district, dominion
Definition: a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
Synonyms: developing, development
Definition: processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible
Usage: the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours
Similar words: processing
Definition: preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure
Usage: the processing of newly arrived immigrants; the processing of ore to obtain minerals
Synonyms: development, evolution
Definition: a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
Usage: the development of his ideas took many years; the evolution of Greek civilization; the slow development of her skill as a writer
Similar words: physical process, process
Definition: a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states
Usage: events now in process; the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls
Synonyms: growing, growth, ontogenesis, ontogeny, maturation, development
Definition: (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
Usage: he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children
Similar words: organic process, biological process
Definition: a process occurring in living organisms
Synonyms: development
Definition: a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess)
Usage: 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
Similar words: melioration, improvement
Definition: a condition superior to an earlier condition
Usage: the new school represents a great improvement