major development
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmajoranddevelopment
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major
adjective
uk/ˈmeɪ.dʒər/us/ˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/
more important, bigger, or more serious than others of the ...
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development
noun
uk/dɪˈvel.əp.mənt/us/dɪˈvel.əp.mənt/
the process in which someone or something grows or changes and becomes ...
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(Definition ofmajoranddevelopmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The nextmajordevelopmentwill be the interface between the parser and the lexical database.
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Themajordevelopmentin the revised model is its emphasis on a critical approach to biliteracy.
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I see a need formajordevelopmentin this area.
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At this age children showmajordevelopmentin understanding and acting on the intentions, thoughts, and feelings of others.
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In our research,majordevelopmentof this system occurs during the toddler period.
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What role if any did the social organization of humans play in eithermajordevelopment?
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The othermajordevelopmentwas political.
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From another perspective, the conditions in 1937 and especially in 1938 were not favourable for launching amajordevelopmentproject that had to be financed by private investors.
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Allmajordevelopmentproposals in the national parks must be examined against this test.
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What is important about the clause is that it enables themajordevelopmenttest to be placed upon all developments within the national parks.
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It seems to me that unless there are careful rules, we should not have anymajordevelopmentin the national parks.
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It will enable the test to stand up as an objective criterion against which anymajordevelopmentcan be measured.
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Amajordevelopmentwithin the past decade is the welcome consensus which covers the whole field of housing provision.
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Already they have initiated amajordevelopmentin primary schools.
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This is amajordevelopmentin police dealings with the general public.
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The institution of custody officers is amajordevelopmentin the ethos of policing.
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However, since our debate, amajordevelopmenthas changed the situation.
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Eventually local authorities will supply all the land needed formajordevelopmentand that land will be acquired at its existing use value.
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We do not want this site frittered away; we want it used for a prestigiousmajordevelopment.
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We are now embarking on amajordevelopment.
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