Definitions:

1. a district that has been developed to serve some purpose noun
   • such land is practical for small park developments
2. a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage, especially a more advanced or mature stage noun
   • The development of this idea took many years.
3. a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation noun
   • recent developments in Iraq
4. act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining noun
   • I congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency.
5. processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible noun
   • The development and printing of the pictures took only two hours.
6. the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful noun
   • the development of Alaskan resources

Synonyms:

• developing
• evolution
• exploitation
• growing

NearBy Words:

• developmental
• developmentally