development

noun

1. 1

   The process of developing; growth, directed change.

   The development of this story has been slow.

   Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.

2. 2

   The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is produced by the addition of new cells.

   The organism has reached a crucial stage in its development.

   Of more significance in the nature of branch development; in the Jubulaceae, as in the Porellaceae, branches are acroscopic and normally replace a ventral leaf lobe.

3. 3

   Something which has developed.

   Our news team brings you the latest developments.

   up-to-date with new developments in IT

4. 4

   A project consisting of one or more commercial or residential buildings.

5. 5

   The building of such a project.

6. 6

   The application of new ideas to practical problems (cf. research).

   Our development department has produced three new adhesives this year.

7. 7

   The active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it.

   White's development is good, but black's has been hampered by the pawn on e5.

8. 8

   The process by in which previous material is transformed and restated.

9. 9

   The second section of a piece of music in sonata form, in which the original theme is revisited in altered and varying form.

10. 10

    The expression of a function in the form of a series.

11. 11

    The processing of photographic film so as to bring out the images latent in it.

    I sent the film to a specialist lab for development.

Forms

plural

developments