| development | |
| 1. n. The process of developing; growth, directed change. | |
| The development of this story has been slow. | |
| 2. n. (biology) 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. | |
| 3. n. Something which has developed. | |
| Our news team brings you the latest developments. | |
| 4. n. (real estate) A project consisting of one or more commercial or residential buildings. | |
| 5. n. (real estate) The building of such a project. | |
| 6. n. The application of new ideas to practical problems (cf. research). | |
| Our development department has produced three new adhesives this year. | |
| 7. n. (chess) 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. n. (music) The process by in which previous material is transformed and restated. | |
| 9. n. (music) The second section of a piece of music in sonata form, in which the original theme is revisited in altered and varying form. | |
| 10. n. (math) The expression of a function in the form of a series. | |
