development

Noun
  1. Act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining (synset 100251126)
    "he congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency"; "they funded research and development"
    is a type of: improvement - the act of improving something
    subtypes:
  2. A process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage) (synset 113486023)
    "the development of his ideas took many years"; "the evolution of Greek civilization"; "the slow development of her skill as a writer"
    is a type of: physical process, process - a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states
    subtypes:
    • assibilation - the development of a consonant phoneme into a sibilant
    • deepening - a process of becoming deeper and more profound
    • growth - a progression from simpler to more complex forms
    • flowering, unfolding - a developmental process
    same as: evolution
  3. (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 (synset 113510240)
    "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"
    referred to in: biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms
    associated with: isometry - the growth rates in different parts of a growing organism are the same
    is a type of: biological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organisms
    subtypes:
    • culture - (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar)
    • amelogenesis - the developmental process of forming tooth enamel
    • angiogenesis - the formation of new blood vessels
    • apposition - (biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material
    • auxesis - growth from increase in cell size without cell division
    • anthesis, blossoming, efflorescence, florescence, flowering, inflorescence - the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
    • caenogenesis, cainogenesis, cenogenesis, kainogenesis, kenogenesis - introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution)
    • cohesion - (botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals)
    • cultivation - the process of fostering the growth of something
    • cytogenesis, cytogeny - the origin and development and variation of cells
    • foliation, leafing - (botany) the process of forming leaves
    • fructification - the bearing of fruit
    • gametogenesis - the development and maturation of sex cells through meiosis
    • germination, sprouting - the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow
    • habit - the general form or mode of growth (especially of a plant or crystal)
    • infructescence - the fruiting stage of the inflorescence
    • intussusception - (biology) growth in the surface area of a cell by the deposit of new particles between existing particles in the cell wall
    • juvenescence - the process of growing into a youth
    • life cycle - the course of developmental changes in an organism from fertilized zygote to maturity when another zygote can be produced
    • masculinisation, masculinization, virilisation, virilization - the abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction)
    • morphogenesis - differentiation and growth of the structure of an organism (or a part of an organism)
    • myelinisation, myelinization - the development of a myelin sheath around a nerve fiber
    • neurogenesis - the development of nerve tissues
    • palingenesis, recapitulation - emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species
    • proliferation - growth by the rapid multiplication of parts
    • psychogenesis - a general term for the origin and development of almost any aspect of the mind
    • psychogenesis - the development in the life of an individual of some disorder that is caused by psychological rather than physiological factors
    • psychomotor development - progressive acquisition of skills involving both mental and motor activities
    • psychosexual development - (psychoanalysis) the process during which personality and sexual behavior mature through a series of stages: first oral stage and then anal stage and then phallic stage and then latency stage and finally genital stage
    • rooting - the process of putting forth roots and beginning to grow
    • suppression - the failure to develop some part or organ
    • dentition, odontiasis, teething - the eruption through the gums of baby teeth
    • teratogenesis - the development of defects in an embryo
    • vegetation - the process of growth in plants
    has: gastrulation - the process in which a gastrula develops from a blastula by the inward migration of cells
    same as: growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny
  4. A recent event that has some relevance for the present situation (synset 107438160)
    "recent developments in Iraq"; "what a revolting development!"
    is a type of: alteration, change, modification - an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
    subtypes:
  5. The act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful (synset 100950022)
    "the development of Alaskan resources"; "the exploitation of copper deposits"
    is a type of: employment, exercise, usage, use, utilisation, utilization - the act of using
    subtypes:
    same as: exploitation
  6. A district that has been developed to serve some purpose (synset 108566645)
    "such land is practical for small park developments"
    is a type of: district, dominion, territorial dominion, territory - a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
    subtypes:
    • housing development - a residential area of similar dwellings built by property developers and usually under a single management
    • housing estate - a residential area where the houses were all planned and built at the same time
  7. A state in which things are improving;
    The result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess) (synset 114446275)
    "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"
    referred to in: chess, chess game - a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king
    is a type of: improvement, melioration - a condition superior to an earlier condition
    subtypes: underdevelopment - state of inadequate development
  8. Processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible (synset 113485760)
    "the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours"
    is a type of: processing - preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure
    subtypes: underdevelopment - (photography) inadequate processing of film resulting in inadequate contrast
    same as: developing
  9. (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated (synset 107082671)
    referred to in: music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
    is a type of: section, subdivision - a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical)

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