act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining
[例]
he congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency
they funded research and development
a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
[同]
development, evolution
[反]
degeneration, devolution
[例]
a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation
[例]
recent developments in Iraq
what a revolting development!
the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful
[同]
development, exploitation
[例]
the development of Alaskan resources
the exploitation of copper deposits
a district that has been developed to serve some purpose
[例]
such land is practical for small park developments
a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess)
[例]
after he saw the latest development he changed his mind and became a supporter
in chess your should take care of your development before moving your queen
(biology) 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
[同]
development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny
[反]
nondevelopment
[例]
he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children
processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible
[同]
developing, development
[例]
the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours
(music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated