development
English
/dɪˈvɛləpmənt/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) The process of developing; growth, directed change.
- (uncountable) The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is produced by the addition of new cells.
- (countable) Something which has developed.
- (real estate) A project consisting of one or more commercial or residential buildings.
- (real estate) The building of such a project.
- (uncountable) The application of new ideas to practical problems (cf. research).
- (chess) The active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it.
- (music) The process by in which previous material is transformed and restated.
- (music) The second section of a piece of music in sonata form, in which the original theme is revisited in altered and varying form.
- (math) The expression of a function in the form of a series.
Etymology
Suffix from English develop derived from French développement derived from Old French desvelopemens (unrolling).
Origin
Old French
desvelopemens
Gloss
unrolling
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antidevelopment English
- antiredevelopment English
- co-develop English
- codevelop English
- codevelopment English
- codevelopmental English
- develop English
- developability English
- developable English
- developer English
- developmental English
- developmentalism English
- developmentalist English
- developmentally English
- developmentary English
- developmentation English
- ecodevelopment English
- ecodevelopmental English
- ethnodevelopment English
- maldevelopment English
- megadevelopment English
- misdevelop English
- misdevelopment English
- neurodevelopment English
- neurodevelopmental English
- nondevelopment English
- nondevelopmental English
- overdevelop English
- overdevelopment English
- pharmacodevelopmental English
- postdevelopmental English
- predevelop English
- predevelopment English
- redevelop English
- redevelopment English
- subdevelopment English
- superdevelopment English
- underdevelop English
- underdevelopment English
- undevelopment English
- développement French
- développemental French
- développer French
- maldéveloppement French
- redéveloppement French
- desvelopemens Old French
- developar Ido
- develop
- codevelop
- redevelop
- developer
- predevelop
- co-develop
- misdevelop
- developable
- overdevelop
- underdevelop
- redevelopment
- undevelopment
- developmental
- codevelopment
- developmentary
- ecodevelopment
- developability
- misdevelopment
- nondevelopment
- subdevelopment
- maldevelopment
- predevelopment
- overdevelopment
- developmentally
- antidevelopment
- megadevelopment
- codevelopmental
- nondevelopmental
- neurodevelopment
- developmentalism
- developmentation
- superdevelopment
- developmentalist
- underdevelopment
- ethnodevelopment
- ecodevelopmental
- postdevelopmental
- antiredevelopment
- neurodevelopmental
- pharmacodevelopmental