development

English

Alternative forms

developement (obsolete)

Etymology

First use 1756, analyzable as develop +‎ -ment, from French développement, from Old French desvelopemens (“unrolling”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɪˈvɛləpmənt/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

development (countable and uncountable, plural developments)

(uncountable) The process of developing; growth, directed change.
- 2013 July 19, Ian Sample, “Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 34:
  Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.
The development of this story has been slow.
(uncountable, biology) The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is produced by the addition of new cells.
- 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 5:
  Of more significance in the nature of branch development; in the Jubulaceae, as in the Porellaceae, branches are acroscopic and normally replace a ventral leaf lobe.
The organism has reached a crucial stage in its development.
(countable) Something which has developed.
Our news team brings you the latest developments.
(real estate, countable) A project consisting of one or more commercial or residential buildings.
(real estate, uncountable) The building of such a project.
(uncountable) The application of new ideas to practical problems (cf. research).
Our development department has produced three new adhesives this year.
(chess, uncountable) 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.
(music) The process by in which previous material is transformed and restated.
(music) The second section of a piece of music in sonata form, in which the original theme is revisited in altered and varying form.
(mathematics) The expression of a function in the form of a series.

Derived terms

arrested development
career development
cluster development
community development
development aid
development hell
development limbo
disorder of sex development
dualistic development
personal development
psychosexual development
sustainable development
test-driven development
web development
zone of proximal development

Translations

process of developing

Afrikaans: outwikkeling
Albanian: zhvillim (sq) m
Arabic: إِعْمَار‎ m (ʾiʿmār), تَعْمِير‎ m (taʿmīr), تَطَوُّر‎ m (taṭawwur)
Armenian: զարգացում (hy) (zargacʿum)
Assamese: উন্নতি (unnoti), বিকাশ (bikax)
Asturian: desendolcu m
Azerbaijani: inkişaf (az)
Bashkir: үҫеш (üθeş)
Belarusian: развіццё n (razviccjó), развіцьцё n (razvicʹcjó) (Taraškievica), ро́звітак m (rózvitak)
Bengali: বিকাশ (bikaś), তরক্কী (bn) (tôrôkkī)
Bulgarian: разви́тие (bg) n (razvítie), напре́дък (bg) m (naprédǎk)
Burmese: တိုးတက်ရေး (tui:tak-re:), တိုးတက်ခြင်း (tui:takhkrang:)
Catalan: desenvolupament (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 發展／发展 (zh) (fāzhǎn), 開發／开发 (zh) (kāifā)
Czech: vývoj (cs) m
Danish: udvikling (da) c
Dutch: ontwikkeling (nl) f
Esperanto: disvolvado
Estonian: areng (et)
Finnish: kehitys (fi), kehittyminen (fi), kehittely (fi)
French: développement (fr) m
Galician: desenvolvemento (gl) m, desenrolo (gl) m
Georgian: განვითარება (ganvitareba), შემუშავება (šemušaveba), ზრდა (zrda), სრულყოფა (srulq̇opa)
German: Entwicklung (de) f
Greek: ανάπτυξη (el) f (anáptyxi)
Gujarati: વિકાસ (vikās)
Hebrew: הִתְפַּתְּחוּת‎ f (hitpatkhút)
Hindi: विकास (hi) (vikās)
Hungarian: fejlesztés (hu), fejlődés (hu)
Icelandic: þroski
Indonesian: perkembangan (id), pengembangan (id), pembangunan (id)
Interlingua: disveloppamento
Irish: forás m
Italian: sviluppo (it) m, potenziamento (it) m
Japanese: 発展 (ja) (はってん, hatten), 開発 (ja) (かいはつ, kaihatsu)
Kamba: maendeleo
Kazakh: даму (kk) (damu), дамыту (damytu)
Khmer: អភិវឌ្ឍន៍ (km) (ʼaʼphivŏət)
Kikuyu: maendeleo
Korean: 발전(發展) (ko) (baljeon), 개발(開發) (ko) (gaebal)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ئاواکردنەوە‎ (awakirdnewe)
Kyrgyz: өнүгүү (ky) (önügüü), дамытуу (damıtuu)
Lao: ການພັດທະນາ (kān phat tha nā)
Latvian: attīstība f
Lithuanian: vystymasis m
Livonian: kazāndõks
Luhya: kamaendeleo
Lü: ᦂᦱᧃᦉᦱᧂᧉᦶᦎᧂᧈ (k̇aanṡaang²ṫaeng¹)
Macedonian: развој m (razvoj), развиток m (razvitok)
Malay: perkembangan
Malayalam: വികസനം (ml) (vikasanaṃ)
Maori: whakapakaritanga, whanaketanga
Marathi: विकास (vikās)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: хөгжил (mn) (xögžil)
Mongolian: ᠬᠥᠭᠵᠢᠯ (köɣǰil)
Nepali: विकास (ne) (vikās)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: utvikling (no) m or f, framvekst m
Nynorsk: utvikling f, framvekst m
Occitan: desvolopament (oc) m
Persian: پیشرفت‎ (fa) (pišraft), توسعه‎ (fa) (towse'e)
Piedmontese: svilup m
Polish: rozwój (pl) m
Portuguese: desenvolvimento (pt) m
Punjabi: ਵਿਕਾਸ (vikās)
Romanian: dezvoltare (ro) f
Russian: разви́тие (ru) n (razvítije)
Scottish Gaelic: adhartas m, leasachadh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ра́звој m, разви́так m
Roman: rázvoj (sh) m, razvítak (sh) m
Sinhalese: සංවර්ධනය (saṁwardhanaya)
Slovak: vývoj m
Slovene: razvoj (sl) m inan
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: wuwiśe n
Spanish: desarrollo (es) m, desenvolvimiento (es) m
Swahili: khuendelea, maendeleo (sw)
Swedish: utveckling (sv) c
Tagalog: saunlad
Tajik: пешрафт (pešraft), тараққиёт (taraqqiyot), инкишоф (inkišof)
Telugu: పెరుగుదల (te) (perugudala)
Thai: การพัฒนา (th) (gaan-pát-tá-naa), พัฒนาการ (pát-tá-naa-gaan)
Turkish: ilerleme (tr), kalkınma (tr), gelişme (tr), gelişim (tr)
Ukrainian: ро́звиток m (rózvytok)
Uyghur: تەرەققىيات‎ (tereqqiyat)
Uzbek: taraqqiyot (uz)
Vietnamese: sự phát triển, quá trình phát triển

something which has developed

Armenian: զարգացում (hy) (zargacʿum)
Danish: udvikling (da)
Estonian: areng (et)
Finnish: kehitys (fi), uutiset (fi) pl
German: Entwicklung (de) f
Greek: εξέλιξη (el) f (exélixi)
Hebrew: הִתְפַּתְּחוּת‎ f (hitpatkhút)
Hungarian: fejlemény (hu)
Italian: potenziamento (it) m
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ئاوەدان کردنەوە‎ (awedan kirdnewe), ئاوەدانی‎ (ku) (awedanî)
Maori: whanaketanga
Russian: достиже́ние (ru) n (dostižénije), разрабо́тка (ru) f (razrabótka)
Scottish Gaelic: adhartas m, leasachadh m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: wuwiśe n
Spanish: desarrollo (es) m
Swedish: utveckling (sv)

real estate development

Danish: udbygning, udvidelse
Finnish: rakentaminen (fi)
Hebrew: פיתוח‎ (he) m (pituakh)
Indonesian: pembangunan (id)
Swedish: utbyggnad (sv)

application of new ideas to practical problems (compare research)

Bulgarian: усъвърше́нстване (bg) n (usǎvǎršénstvane)
Czech: vývoj (cs) m
Danish: udvikling (da)
Finnish: kehittäminen (fi), tuotekehitys (fi)
Hebrew: פיתוח \\ פִּתּוּחַ‎ (he) m (pitúakh)
Malayalam: വികസിപ്പിക്കൽ (vikasippikkal)
Scottish Gaelic: adhartas m
Swedish: utveckling (sv)

active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it

Danish: udvikling (da)
Finnish: pelinrakentaminen

music: transformation and restatement of previous material

Icelandic: úrvinnsla f

music: second section of sonata form

Icelandic: úrvinnsla f

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Estonian: ^{(please verify)} arendus
Kinaray-a: (1,2) ^{(please verify)} kaoswagan
Tagalog: (1,2) ^{(please verify)} kaunlaran, ^{(please verify)} Pagkakahubog
Telugu: ^{(please verify)} అభివృద్ధి (te) (abhivr̥ddhi)