development B1 Topic:Time US /ˈɖɛʋᵊ.ləp.mᵻnʈ/ UK /dɪˈvɛl.əp.mənt/ See IPA manual Freq #3788 Meanings 1 noun The process of growing or changing into something bigger, stronger, or more advanced. The development of this idea took many years. 2 noun A recent event or piece of news that affects a situation. We are following the latest developments in the case closely. 3 noun The act of creating or improving a product, plan, or area of land. The company spends millions on research and development. 4 noun An area of land with new houses or buildings on it. A new housing development is going up on the edge of town. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the process of growing or... evolutiongrowth Word family Forms developments Derived forms antidevelopmentcodevelopmentcounterdevelopmentdevelopmentaldevelopmentarydevelopmentationdevlogdevopsdevsecopsecodevelopmentethnodevelopmenthyperdevelopment Common collocations embryonic development Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From French développement, from Old French desvelopemens (“unrolling”). By surface analysis, develop + -ment. First attested in 1756. développement French desvelopemens Old French View etymology graph -> Topics Time External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # development **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈɖɛʋᵊ.ləp.mᵻnʈ/ **IPA (UK):** /dɪˈvɛl.əp.mənt/ **Frequency rank:** 3788 ## Meanings 1. The process of growing or changing into something bigger, stronger, or more advanced. 2. A recent event or piece of news that affects a situation. 3. The act of creating or improving a product, plan, or area of land. 4. An area of land with new houses or buildings on it. ## Examples - The development of this idea took many years. - We are following the latest developments in the case closely. - The company spends millions on research and development. - A new housing development is going up on the edge of town. ## Derived Forms - antidevelopment - codevelopment - counterdevelopment - developmental - developmentary - developmentation - devlog - devops - devsecops - ecodevelopment - ethnodevelopment - hyperdevelopment ## Roots and Affixes - Root: développement - Root: desvelopemens - Affix: -ment - result ## Etymology From French développement, from Old French desvelopemens (“unrolling”). By surface analysis, develop + -ment. First attested in 1756. ## AI Etymology development comes from French développement, from Old French desvelopemens (“unrolling”). By surface analysis, develop + -ment. First attested in 1756. The historical chain includes French développement, Old French desvelopemens. Current senses include The process of growing or changing into something bigger, stronger, or more advanced and A recent event or piece of news that affects a situation. English relatives and later formations include antidevelopment, codevelopment, counterdevelopment. ## Topics - Time markdown