Thesaurus: development

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1. n. The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an image upon a photographic plate; gradual advancement or growth through a series of progressive changes; also, the result of developing, or a developed state.
2. n. The series of changes which animal and vegetable organisms undergo in their passage from the embryonic state to maturity, from a lower to a higher state of organization.
3. n. The act or process of changing or expanding an expression into another of equivalent value or meaning.
4. n. The equivalent expression into which another has been developed.
5. n. The elaboration of a theme or subject; the unfolding of a musical idea; the evolution of a whole piece or movement from a leading theme or motive.
6. n. act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining
7. n. a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
8. n. (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
9. n. a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation
10. n. the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful
11. n. a district that has been developed to serve some purpose
12. n. a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess)