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development
Definition:
(nou) act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining (nou) a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage) (nou) 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 (nou) a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation (nou) the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful (nou) a district that has been developed to serve some purpose (nou) a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess) (nou) processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible (nou) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated
Phonetic Transcription:
dɪˈveləpmənt
Examples:
Also in progress are the development of CR mimetic interventions.
To record the progress being made in the development of jurisprudence.
The growth and development of genetics represents the work of many people.
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