| development | act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining |
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| development | the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful |
| development | a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation |
| development | a district that has been developed to serve some purpose |
| development | processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible |
| development | a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage) |
| development | the process of an individual organism growing organically |
| development | a state in which things are improving |
| development | of or relating to or constituting development |
| development | a measure of a child's development (in body size or motor skill or psychological function) expressed in terms of age norms |
| development | learning that takes place as a normal part of cognitive development |
| development | the branch of psychology that studies the social and mental development of children |