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 Land Development

• underdevelopment
• redevelopment

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. land

noun. ['ˈlænd'] the land on which real estate is located.

8. land

noun. ['ˈlænd'] material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use).

9. land

verb. ['ˈlænd'] reach or come to rest.

10. land

noun. ['ˈlænd'] territory over which rule or control is exercised.