development

About 283.99 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The process of developing; growth, directed change.

   The development of this story has been slow.

2. noun The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is produced by the addition of new cells.

   The organism has reached a crucial stage in its development.

3. noun Something which has developed.

   Our news team brings you the latest developments.

4. noun A project consisting of one or more commercial or residential buildings.
5. noun The building of such a project.
6. noun The application of new ideas to practical problems (cf. research).

   Our development department has produced three new adhesives this year.

7. noun The active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it.

   White's development is good, but black's has been hampered by the pawn on e5.

8. noun The process by in which previous material is transformed and restated.

Similar words

developing growing growth exploitation evolution maturation ontogeny ontogenesis developmentally developmental

Often followed by

of and in is was as has process that

Word family

developments