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development
What does development mean?
development (noun): act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use development in a sentence?
- He congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce development?
/dɪˈvɛləpmənt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does development come from?
From French développement, from Old French desvelopemens (“unrolling”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to development
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “development” mean?
true facts, genuine depiction or statements of reality
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act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining
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something given to another voluntarily, without charge
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a large number of things or people considered together
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