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 Psychomotor 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. 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.

Sentences with psychomotor-development

1. Noun Phrase
Iron intake is essential for cognitive and psychomotor development, and adequate amounts of calcium support the infant's rapidly growing bones.