developing

developing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈvɛl.ə.pɪŋ/

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• Hyphenation: de‧vel‧op‧ing

Verb

developing

1. present participle and gerund of develop

Adjective

developing

1. In the process of development.

   a developing foetus

2. Of a country: becoming economically more mature or advanced; becoming industrialized.

Derived terms

• developing country

Translations

of a country

Armenian: զարգացող (zargacʿoł) Bikol Central: nag-uurag Chinese: Mandarin: 發展的／发展的 (zh) (fāzhǎn de), 發展中／发展中 (zh) (fāzhǎnzhōng) Czech: rozvojový (cs) m Finnish: kehittyvä (fi), kehitys- (fi) (see: kehitysmaa) French: en développement German: entwickelnd (de), Entwicklungs- (de) Greek: αναπτυσσόμενη (el) f (anaptyssómeni) Hungarian: fejlődő (hu) Indonesian: berkembang (id) Italian: in via di sviluppo Japanese: 発展途上 (はってんとじょう, hatten-tojō) Macedonian: во развој (vo razvoj) Malay: sedang membangun Portuguese: em desenvolvimento Russian: развива́ющийся (ru) (razvivájuščijsja) Spanish: en vías de desarrollo Tagalog: papaunlad Turkish: gelişmekte olan

Noun

developing (plural developings)

1. A process of development.
   • 1854, John Campbell (editor), The Christian witness and church members' magazine

     In the developings of an inscrutable Providence, the kingdoms of the earth have become embroiled, and who can say where the complication will terminate?