1. development

noun. ['dɪˈvɛləpmənt'] a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage).

Rhymes with Development

• abandonment
• abatement
• aberrant
• abhorrent
• abortifacient
• abridgement
• absent
• absorbent
• abstinent
• abundant
• accelerant
• accident
• accompaniment
• accompaniment
• accomplishment
• accountant
• accouterment
• accoutrement
• achievement
• acknowledgement

How do you pronounce development?

Pronounce development as dɪˈvɛləpmənt.

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Sentences with development

1. Noun, singular or mass
Protein is necessary for the proper growth, development and repair of every tissue in your body.

Quotes about development

1. Some might complain that nuclear disarmament is little more than a dream. But that ignores the very tangible benefits disarmament would bring for all humankind. Its success would strengthen international peace and security. It would free up vast and much-needed resources for social and economic development. It would advance the rule of law.
- Ban Ki-moon

2. A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body - the wishbone.
- Robert Frost

3. We hope that through these trade arrangements, through collaboration in training, in manpower development, and what have you, ASEAN in, say, ten years' time, will be a very different ASEAN.
- Sellapan Ramanathan

2. development

noun. ['dɪˈvɛləpmənt'] act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining.

3. development

noun. ['dɪˈvɛləpmənt'] (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.

4. development

noun. ['dɪˈvɛləpmənt'] a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation.

5. development

noun. ['dɪˈvɛləpmənt'] a district that has been developed to serve some purpose.

6. development

noun. ['dɪˈvɛləpmənt'] the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful.

7. development

noun. ['dɪˈvɛləpmənt'] a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess).

8. development

noun. ['dɪˈvɛləpmənt'] (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated.

9. development

noun. ['dɪˈvɛləpmənt'] processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible.