Development

//dɪˈvɛl.əp.mənt//

Synonyms for "development" (311 found)

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Closest matches (63)

Strong matches (93)

conditioningconsequenceconsequentcontinuitycontrivancecorollarycrescendocultivationdenouementderivationderivativedesigndevelopmental changedevelopmentationdevicedigenesisdilationdisciplinedisclosurediscovery
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disentanglementdistillatedivisiondrilldrillingedemaeffectelaborationelevationembellishmentemergenceenlargementepigenesisepisodeestateeumerogenesiseventeventualityeventuationevolutionevolutionary changeevolvementevolvingexcrescenceexerciseexpansionexpatiationexploitationexpositionextensionfablefalderalfalling actionfetching-upfigurefloodfloweringfolderolformationfosteringfruitfurtherancegaingemmationgenerationgenesisgerminationgimmickgradual changegreateninggroominggushhappeningharmonic closeharvestheterogenesishikehistogenesishomogenesishousebreakingimprovementin-service trainingincidentincrementinflationinterlude

Related words (155)

intermezzointroductory phraseinventionisogenesisissuejumpleaplegacylinelocal colorlogical outcomemanual trainingmaturationmaturescencematuringmaturitymeasuremellowingmerogenesismetagenesis
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military trainingmonogenesismoodmotifmountingmovementmultiplicationmusical phrasemusical sentencemythosnatural developmentnatural growthnetnonviolent changenurturenurturingoccurrenceoffshootoffspringon-the-job trainingongoingornamentorthogenesisoutcomeoutgrowthovergrowthpangenesispartparthenogenesispassageperfectionperiodperipeteiaphasephenomenonphraseplanplotpracticeprecipitatepreparationprocessprocreationproductproductionproductivenessprogressprogressionproliferationpromotionpullulationraiseraisingreadyingrearingrecognitionrefinementrefrainrehearsalreproductionresolutionresponseresultresultantripeningriserising actionritornelloschemeseasoningsecondary plotsectionsenescencesequelsequelasequencesequentsituationslantsloydsnowballingspontaneous generationspreadsproutingstanzastatementstorystrainstructuresubjectsubplotsurgeswellingswitchtailpiecetemperingthematic developmentthemetonetopictrainingtransitiontumescencetuttitutti passagetwistunravellingupupbringingupgrowthuppingupshotupsurgeupswinguptrendupturnvariationvegetationversevocational educationvocational trainingwaxingwideningworking-out

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Antonyms

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Synonyms

8 entries

derived

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derived from

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has context

5 entries

is a

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related to

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Translations

192 translations across 88 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • outwikkeling noun (process of developing)

Albanian

1 entries
  • zhvillim noun (process of developing)

Arabic

3 entries
  • إِعْمَار noun (process of developing)
  • تَطَوُّر noun (process of developing)
  • تَعْمِير noun (process of developing)

Armenian

2 entries
  • զարգացում noun (process of developing)
  • զարգացում noun (something which has developed)

Assamese

2 entries
  • উন্নতি noun (process of developing)
  • বিকাশ noun (process of developing)

Asturian

1 entries
  • desendolcu noun (process of developing)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • inkişaf noun (process of developing)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • үҫеш noun (process of developing)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • развіццё noun (process of developing)
  • развіцьцё noun (process of developing)
  • ро́звітак noun (process of developing)

Bengali

3 entries
  • উন্নয়ন noun (process of developing)
  • তরক্কী noun (process of developing)
  • বিকাশ noun (process of developing)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • напре́дък noun (process of developing)
  • разви́тие noun (process of developing)
  • усъвърше́нстване noun (application of new ideas to practical problems (compare research))

Burmese

2 entries
  • တိုးတက်ခြင်း noun (process of developing)
  • တိုးတက်ရေး noun (process of developing)

Catalan

1 entries
  • desenvolupament noun (process of developing)

Central Kurdish

3 entries
  • ئاواکردنەوە noun (process of developing)
  • ئاوەدان کردنەوە noun (something which has developed)
  • ئاوەدانی noun (something which has developed)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 發展 /发展 noun (process of developing)
  • 開發 /开发 noun (process of developing)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 發展 /发展 noun (process of developing)
  • 開發 /开发 noun (process of developing)

Czech

3 entries
  • rozvoj noun (process of developing)
  • vývoj noun (process of developing)
  • vývoj noun (application of new ideas to practical problems (compare research))

Danish

4 entries
  • udbygning noun (real estate development)
  • udvidelse noun (real estate development)
  • udvikling noun (process of developing)
  • udvikling noun (something which has developed)

Dari

2 entries
  • تَوْسِعَه noun (process of developing)
  • پیشْرَفْت noun (process of developing)

Dutch

1 entries
  • ontwikkeling noun (process of developing)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • disvolvado noun (process of developing)

Estonian

2 entries
  • areng noun (process of developing)
  • areng noun (something which has developed)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kehittely noun (process of developing)
  • kehittyminen noun (process of developing)
  • kehittäminen noun (application of new ideas to practical problems (compare research))
  • kehitys noun (process of developing)

French

1 entries
  • développement noun (process of developing)

Galician

2 entries
  • desenrolo noun (process of developing)
  • desenvolvemento noun (process of developing)

Georgian

4 entries
  • განვითარება noun (process of developing)
  • ზრდა noun (process of developing)
  • სრულყოფა noun (process of developing)
  • შემუშავება noun (process of developing)

German

2 entries
  • Entwicklung noun (process of developing)
  • Entwicklung noun (something which has developed)

Greek

4 entries
  • ανάπτυξη noun (process of developing)
  • ανάπτυξη noun (music: transformation and restatement of previous material)
  • ανάπτυξη noun (music: second section of sonata form)
  • εξέλιξη noun (something which has developed)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • વિકાસ noun (process of developing)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • הִתְפַּתְּחוּת noun (process of developing)
  • הִתְפַּתְּחוּת noun (something which has developed)
  • פיתוח noun (real estate development)
  • פיתוח \ פִּתּוּחַ noun (application of new ideas to practical problems (compare research))

Hindi

4 entries
  • उन्नत noun (something which has developed)
  • उन्नति noun (process of developing)
  • प्रगति noun (process of developing)
  • विकसित noun (something which has developed)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • fejlemény noun (something which has developed)
  • fejlesztés noun (process of developing)
  • fejlődés noun (process of developing)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • úrvinnsla noun (music: transformation and restatement of previous material)
  • úrvinnsla noun (music: second section of sonata form)
  • þroski noun (process of developing)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • pembangunan noun (process of developing)
  • pembangunan noun (real estate development)
  • pengembangan noun (process of developing)
  • perkembangan noun (process of developing)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • disveloppamento noun (process of developing)

Iranian Persian

2 entries
  • تُوْسِعِه noun (process of developing)
  • پیشْرَفْت noun (process of developing)

Irish

1 entries
  • forás noun (process of developing)

Italian

3 entries
  • potenziamento noun (process of developing)
  • potenziamento noun (something which has developed)
  • sviluppo noun (process of developing)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 発展 noun (process of developing)
  • 開発 noun (process of developing)

Kamba

1 entries
  • maendeleo noun (process of developing)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • даму noun (process of developing)
  • дамыту noun (process of developing)

Khmer

1 entries
  • អភិវឌ្ឍន៍ noun (process of developing)

Kikuyu

1 entries
  • maendeleo noun (process of developing)

Korean

2 entries
  • 개발 noun (process of developing)
  • 발전 noun (process of developing)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • дамытуу noun (process of developing)
  • өнүгүү noun (process of developing)

Lao

1 entries
  • ການພັດທະນາ noun (process of developing)

Latvian

1 entries
  • attīstība noun (process of developing)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • vystymasis noun (process of developing)

Livonian

1 entries
  • kazāndõks noun (process of developing)

Lower Sorbian

2 entries
  • wuwiśe noun (process of developing)
  • wuwiśe noun (something which has developed)

Luhya

1 entries
  • kamaendeleo noun (process of developing)

Lü

1 entries
  • ᦂᦱᧃᦉᦱᧂᧉᦶᦎᧂᧈ noun (process of developing)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • развиток noun (process of developing)
  • развој noun (process of developing)

Malay

1 entries
  • perkembangan noun (process of developing)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • വികസനം noun (process of developing)
  • വികസിപ്പിക്കൽ noun (application of new ideas to practical problems (compare research))

Marathi

1 entries
  • विकास noun (process of developing)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • хөгжил noun (process of developing)
  • ᠬᠥᠭᠵᠢᠯ noun (process of developing)

Māori

3 entries
  • whakapakaritanga noun (process of developing)
  • whanaketanga noun (process of developing)
  • whanaketanga noun (something which has developed)

Nepali

1 entries
  • विकास noun (process of developing)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • framvekst noun (process of developing)
  • utvikling noun (process of developing)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • framvekst noun (process of developing)
  • utvikling noun (process of developing)

Occitan

1 entries
  • desvolopament noun (process of developing)

Pashto

1 entries
  • پرمختګ noun (process of developing)

Piedmontese

1 entries
  • svilup noun (process of developing)

Polish

1 entries
  • rozwój noun (process of developing)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • desenvolvimento noun (process of developing)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਵਿਕਾਸ noun (process of developing)

Romanian

1 entries
  • dezvoltare noun (process of developing)

Russian

3 entries
  • достиже́ние noun (something which has developed)
  • разви́тие noun (process of developing)
  • разрабо́тка noun (something which has developed)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • adhartas noun (process of developing)
  • adhartas noun (something which has developed)
  • adhartas noun (application of new ideas to practical problems (compare research))
  • leasachadh noun (process of developing)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • razvítak noun (process of developing)
  • rázvoj noun (process of developing)
  • ра́звој noun (process of developing)
  • разви́так noun (process of developing)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • සංවර්ධනය noun (process of developing)

Slovak

2 entries
  • rozvoj noun (process of developing)
  • vývoj noun (process of developing)

Slovene

1 entries
  • razvoj noun (process of developing)

Spanish

4 entries
  • acontecimiento noun (something which has developed)
  • cambio noun (something which has developed)
  • desarrollo noun (process of developing)
  • desarrollo noun (something which has developed)

Swahili

2 entries
  • khuendelea noun (process of developing)
  • maendeleo noun (process of developing)

Swedish

4 entries
  • utbyggnad noun (real estate development)
  • utveckling noun (process of developing)
  • utveckling noun (something which has developed)
  • utveckling noun (application of new ideas to practical problems (compare research))

Tagalog

4 entries
  • kaunlaran noun (something which has developed)
  • pag-unlad noun (process of developing)
  • paglinang noun (process of developing)
  • pagpapaunlad noun (process of developing)

Tajik

4 entries
  • инкишоф noun (process of developing)
  • пешрафт noun (process of developing)
  • тавсиъа noun (process of developing)
  • тараққиёт noun (process of developing)

Tamil

1 entries
  • ஆக்கம் noun (process of developing)

Telugu

1 entries
  • పెరుగుదల noun (process of developing)

Thai

2 entries
  • การพัฒนา noun (process of developing)
  • พัฒนาการ noun (process of developing)

Turkish

4 entries
  • gelişim noun (process of developing)
  • gelişme noun (process of developing)
  • ilerleme noun (process of developing)
  • kalkınma noun (process of developing)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • ро́звиток noun (process of developing)

Urdu

3 entries
  • تَرَقِّی noun (process of developing)
  • نَشْو و نُمَا noun (process of developing)
  • نَشْوونُمَا noun (process of developing)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • تەرەققىيات noun (process of developing)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • taraqqiyot noun (process of developing)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • quá trình phát triển noun (process of developing)
  • sự phát triển noun (process of developing)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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The goal of education is not wealth or status, but personal development.

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The shortage of engineers is the greatest bottleneck to the development of our company.

Source: tatoeba (20052)

All of us devoted ourselves to the development of our country.

Source: tatoeba (23074)

The development of word-processors has enabled us to type Japanese easily.

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