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English

1. 🔊 act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining
   “he congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency”
2. 🔊 (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated
3. 🔊 a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation
   “recent developments in Iraq”
4. 🔊 a district that has been developed to serve some purpose
   “such land is practical for small park developments”
5. 🔊 processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible
   “the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours”
6. 🔊 a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
   “the development of his ideas took many years”
7. 🔊 a state in which things are improving
   “after he saw the latest development he changed his mind and became a supporter”
8. 🔊 the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful
   “the development of Alaskan resources”
9. 🔊 (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically
   “he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children”

Spanish

1. 🔊 desarrollo development
2. 🔊 desenvolvimiento development
3. 🔊 evolución development
4. 🔊 fomento development, promotion, building (administrative action for promoting a useful result)

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