developments

1. n act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining n a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage) 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 n a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation n the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful n a district that has been developed to serve some purpose n a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess) n processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible n (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated Source: ecdict

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