Development

/dɪˈvɛl.əp.mənt/

Synonyms for "development" (445 found)

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Closest matches (89)

Noun(22 words)

growth maturation advancements advances advancing amplifications arising beatlemania becomingbody changebuddings buildingcapacity buildingcapacity-buildingcell capacitationcell growthchange over timechangementchemical formulationchild development

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civilization processcommunity progress

abiogenesis access accession accomplishment accretion accrual accruement accumulation action addition advance advancement aggrandizement aging amplification anacrusis anagnorisis angle appreciation apprenticeship

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Adjective(4 words)

behavioral progressbiological changebiological transformationcivilizational rise

Strong matches (134)

contrivance corollary crescendo cultivation denouement derivation derivative designdevelopmental changedevice digenesis dilation discipline discovery distillate division drill drilling edema effect

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elaboration elevation embellishment emergence enlargement epigenesis episode estate eumerogenesis event eventuality eventuation evolutionevolutionary changeevolvement evolving excrescence exercise expansion expatiation explication exposition extension fable falderalfalling actionfetching-up figure flood flowering folderol formation fostering fruit furtherance gain gemmation generation genesis germination gimmickgradual changegreatening grooming growth gush happeningharmonic closeharvest heterogenesis hike histogenesis homogenesis housebreaking improvementin-service trainingincident increase increment inflation interlude intermezzointroductory phrase

Noun(37 words)

conversioncourse of eventscrescentia cultivatingdesign a chartdesign transformationdevelopingdutch groeienecosystem processeducate verbenhancements enriching event evolutionevolve most graduallyexploitation fleshingformaciónformationformation processes

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formationsfostering school belongingfundraising managementfurther alongfurthering gestating gestationgradually changinggrowinggrowth over timegrowthshuman developmentimprovement incubation industrializing innovationsinvent a game

Verb(7 words)

cultivate a gardenemerge over timeexpand facilitiesforming formulatingimprove behavioral qualityincrease work capacity

Adjective(7 words)

current developmentemergentevolutionary processflowering plant growthfresh growthgerman prozesshistorical trends

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Noun(65 words)

inventing inventioniot shiftjourney journeyinglagoon creationlanguage education trendlearning processmaking marching maturement maturities metamorphoses minting modernization moldingmore online media-evolutionarymost human developmentneighborhood policynourishment growth

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nurture school cultureoccurrence ontogenesis ontogeny outgrowingpermanent anatomical changephysical transformationplanplant growthplot turnsprocessprocess related termprocess verbprocesses progressprogress in scienceprogress stateprogress towardprogression prosperingrecent social phenomenonripenessrise of civilizationrise of modern civilizationsafarsapling growthseedling growthsikhismsize changessize gainsophisticationspanish transformaciónswedish förbättratends towardthriving trajectories trajectory transformationtransformation processtransformations trundling unfurling unrolling upliftings volution

invention isogenesis issue jump leap legacy linelocal colorlogical outcomemanual trainingmaturation maturescence maturing maturity measure mellowing merogenesis metagenesismilitary trainingmonogenesis

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mood motif mounting movement multiplicationmusical phrasemusical sentencemythosnatural developmentnatural growthnonviolent changenurture nurturing occurrence offshoot offspringon-the-job trainingongoing ornament orthogenesis outcome outgrowth overgrowth pangenesis part parthenogenesis passage perfection period peripeteia phase phenomenon phrase plan plot practice precipitate preparation process procreation product production productiveness progress progression proliferation promotion pullulation raise raising readying rearing recognition refinement refrain rehearsal reproduction resolution response result resultant ripening riserising actionritornello scheme seasoningsecondary plotsection senescence sequel sequela sequence sequent situation slant sloyd snowballingspontaneous generationspread sprouting stanza statement story strain structure subject subplot surge swelling switch tailpiece temperingthematic developmenttheme tone topic training transition tumescence tuttitutti passagetwist unfolding up upbringing upgrowth upping upshot upsurge upswing uptrend upturn variation vegetation versevocational educationvocational trainingwaxing widening working-out

Adverb(2 words)

more civil progressesprogressively over time

Determiner(2 words)

more human developmentmore online media evolution

Adjective(11 words)

multicellular developmentmulticellular organism developmentmulticellular organism developmentsmusical skillnatural capacitationongoing changeorganismal biology conceptpolitical institutionssocial progresstechnological risetemporal change

Verb(1 words)

vegetating

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6 relation types

More general

24 entries

alterationbiological processchange district dominion employment event exercise improvement melioration modificationorganic processphysical processprocess processing section

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More specific

9 entries

cognitive developmentcurriculum developmentemotional developmenthousing developmentnew incidentphysical growthplot twistpolicy changesoftware development

Collocations

6 entries

cognitive developmentdevelopment milestonesdevelopment planeconomic developmenthousing developmentphysical development

Inflections

1 entries

developments

Derivations

5 entries

develop developable developably developer developmental

Antonyms

1 entries

nondevelopment

Translations

9 translations across 6 languages.

Danish

2 entries

udbygning noun (real estate development)
udvidelse noun (real estate development)

Finnish

1 entries

rakentaminen noun (real estate development)

Hebrew

1 entries

פיתוח noun (real estate development)

Indonesian

1 entries

pembangunan noun (real estate development)

Spanish

3 entries

edificación noun (real estate development)
fraccionamiento noun (real estate development)
urbanización noun (real estate development)

Swedish

1 entries

utbyggnad noun (real estate development)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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

Source: tatoeba (19124)

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

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

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

Source: tatoeba (29242)

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