development
development Lexical Profile
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• noun
The process of growing, maturing, or advancing toward a more complex, effective, or complete state.
"Proper nutrition is essential for the healthy physical and cognitive development of young children."
A specified state of growth or advancement; a new and significant event, occurrence, or stage in a changing situation.
"The diplomatic team is closely monitoring the latest developments in the peace negotiations."
The process of designing, creating, and refining a new product, technology, software system, or idea.
"The pharmaceutical company invested millions of dollars into the research and development of the new vaccine."
A tract of land that has been converted for residential or commercial use by the construction of buildings and infrastructure.
"They bought a townhouse in a newly built suburban housing development near the river."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the mid-18th century from French développement, from the verb développer ('to unwrap or unfold'), combining the reversal prefix dé- with Old French voloper ('to wrap').