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developmentnoun(GROWTH)B1[U]theprocessin which someone or somethinggrowsorchangesandbecomesmoreadvanced: 成长，发育；发展 healthygrowthand development健康的成长发育 Thedocumentarytracedthe developmentofpopularmusicthrough theages.这部纪录片回顾了各个年代流行音乐的发展历程。 Theregionsuffersfromunder-/over-development(= having too little/muchindustry).该地区苦于发展不足／过度。 a developmentproject(= one tohelpimproveindustry)in Pakistan旨在促进巴基斯坦工业发展的开发项目 - Ever since wasformedin 1968, thecompanyhas been at theforefrontofcomputerdevelopment.
- Allourprofitsare re-invested inresearchand development.
- Theprotestswerepartoftheircampaignagainst theproposedbuildingdevelopment in thearea.
- Opponents of the newshoppingdevelopment aretryingtorallylocalpeopleagainst it.
- Tostaycompetitive, they'll have toincreaseproductdevelopment as well ascuttingprices.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesMaking progress and advancing - advancement
- age
- ahead
- ahead of
- anti-development
- carry
- flourish
- flower
- furtherance
- gather
- get beyondsomething
- get it togetheridiom
- journey
- mature
- pan
- ripen
- ripeness
- self-advancement
- self-betterment
- self-development
See more results » developmentnoun(THING THAT HAPPENS)B2[C]arecenteventthat is thelatestin aseriesofrelatedevents: 动态，进展 animportantdevelopment in thefuelcrisis燃料危机中的一个重要进展 Call me if there are any new developments.如果有什么新动态就给我打电话。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesEvents and occurrences - -athon
- affair
- back story
- be (all) part of life's rich tapestry/pageantidiom
- benefit
- binge
- brush
- car wash
- curveball
- date night
- edition
- epiphenomenon
- episode
- near miss
- occasion
- occurrence
- proceedings
- reoccurrence
- saga
- thing
See more results » developmentnoun(START)B1[U]theprocessofdevelopingsomething new: 开发，研制 Mr Berkowitz is inchargeofproductdevelopment.伯克维茨先生负责产品开发。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesInventing, designing and innovation - absorptive capacity
- architect
- artificer
- bionics
- blueprint
- customized
- design
- designer
- devise
- dreamsomethingup
- lead time
- modularization
- nanotechnology
- non-imitative
- operational research
- technologist
- technology
- themed
- think outside the boxidiom
- thinksomethingup
See more results » developmentnoun(BUILDINGS)[C]anareaon which newbuildingsarebuiltinorderto make aprofit: 开发的房地产 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesTowns & regions: areas in towns & cities - anti-development
- arrondissement
- backstreet
- backstreets
- borough
- botanic garden
- business park
- housing estate
- industrial estate
- marketplace
- on skid rowidiom
- outer ring
- plaza
- science park
- shantytown
- skid
- slummy
- subdivision
- suburban
- Wimbledon
See more results » development| American Dictionarydevelopmentnoun[C/U](GROWTH)theprocessofgrowingorchangingandbecomingmoreadvanced: [U]A gooddietandlotsofexerciseareessentialfor a child’shealthygrowthand development. [U]I took ahistorycoursethatdealtwith the development ofpopularculture. literatureIn aliterarywork, development is themovementfrom oneeventto another or thechangesin thecharacters’understanding. A development is arecentimportanteventthat is thelatestin aseriesofrelatedevents: [C]There is a new development in theplanstoreorganizethefiredepartment. Development is also theorganizedincreaseof a country’sindustryandwealth. developmentnoun[C/U](CREATION)theprocessof coming intoexistenceor ofcreatingsomething new or moreadvanced: [U]We werewaitingfor the development of newplansfor the city’sconventioncenter. [U]I’m inchargeofproductdevelopment(= thecreationanddesignof newproducts)for thecompany. [C]Cottonfieldswerereplacedbyhousingdevelopments(=groupsofsimilarhousesbuiltat the sametime)as thecityexperiencedrapidgrowth. Development is also thebuildingofhouses,stores, oroffices,esp. by acompanyto make aprofit, on anareaoflandwhere there were none before. development| Business English[U]growthorchangesthat make somethingbecomemoreadvanced: The firstyearof theplanisprimarilyfocusedonorganizationaldevelopment. He wasrecruitedtooverseeinternationalbusinessdevelopment. [U]theprocessofcreatingsomething such as a newproductorservice: softwaredevelopment The nextstagein the development of thisproductlineis aretailversion. [U]theprocessofproducingaplan,idea, etc.: Motorola said it did notexpectitspolicy, which has beenin developmentsinceJune, toaffectitsbottomline. [C]arecenteventwhich is thelatestin aseriesofrelatedevents: Keeping up withnew developmentson thewebis noteasy. Thesebeneficialeconomicdevelopmentshavefollowedtradeandinvestmentliberalization. [U]ECONOMICStheplannedincreaseof a country’sindustryandwealth: The EU hasexercisedleadershipandarguedforpoliciesthatsupporttheexpansionoftrade,growth, and development. developmentprojects [U]HRimprovementof askill,ability,quality, etc.: Anindustryconventionis aterrificvenueforbusinessskillstrainingandprofessionaldevelopment. Theyinvestedresourcesintoemployeetrainingand development. individual/career/staffdevelopment [C]PROPERTY(alsoUKhousing development);(alsoUSreal estate development)agroupofsimilarbuildingsbuiltin anareaby aparticulardeveloper: Theyrecentlyboughtahousein one of the town'snew developments. [U]PROPERTYthebuildingofhouses,stores,offices, etc. usually by acompanyto make aprofit, usually on anareaoflandwhere there were none before: Thelandwill be used forprivatedevelopment. Hebeganhiscareerat Goldman Sachs andmovedon toreal-estate developmentin the New York Cityarea. commercial/industrialdevelopment [CorU]NATURAL RESOURCESanareaoflandthat is used foritsnaturalresources, or the use of anareaoflandforitsnaturalresources: Oilproducershavefocusedtheireffortsonoptimizingproductionfromexistingfieldsandinvestingmoreaggressivelyin new developments. See alsobrand development channel development economic development human resource development management development market development new-product development personal development product development property development redevelopment research and development self-development web development Examplesofdevelopmentdevelopment I think there are encouraging developments in technology that are permitting developed countries to 'do more with less', and increasing incentives to do so.From theCambridge English Corpus Thedevelopmentof large-scale data collection, for example, has also permitted thedevelopmentof an 'early warning system' in relation to low-incidence medical complications.From theCambridge English Corpus In theory, villagedevelopmentplans flow up through district and regionaldevelopmentcommittees to the central government.From theCambridge English Corpus The government needed professional and politically-minded staff to take on the planned politicaldevelopmentof the country over the long haul.From theCambridge English Corpus In addition, there were other papers on designing economic plans, capital accumulation, and foreign examples of economicdevelopmentplans, translated by the bank.From theCambridge English Corpus Rigorous validation and quality control procedures have been imposed throughout thedevelopmentcourse.From theCambridge English Corpus It is quite clear then that an artificial frame of some kind does not exclude the possibility of an organicdevelopment.From theCambridge English Corpus Research to support thedevelopmentof organic food and farming.From theCambridge English Corpus The sources do not each contain a distinct stage in an organic process of growth,development, and decline.From theCambridge English Corpus Future research needs to consider the role of fathers or male caregivers in the emotionaldevelopmentof physically maltreated children.From theCambridge English Corpus Research should also examine the way that child gender may influence thedevelopmentand use of emotion regulation strategies in physically maltreated children.From theCambridge English Corpus The relevance of the findings for cross-linguistic interaction in bilingual phonetic/phonologicaldevelopmentis discussed.From theCambridge English Corpus But the idea of an ageless self is also supported by developmental psychological theories, where thedevelopmentafter adolescence is seldom considered.From theCambridge English Corpus In conjunction, these properties of social-psychological research have impeded thedevelopmentof theories with explanatory power and the ability to generate novel and nontrivial hypotheses.From theCambridge English Corpus Pathbreaking verbs in syntacticdevelopmentand the question of prototypical transitivity.From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. CollocationswithdevelopmentdevelopmentThese are words often used in combination withdevelopment. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. adolescent development Some ways in which neighborhoods, nuclear families, friendship groups, and schools jointly affect changes in early adolescent development. From theCambridge English Corpus agricultural development But such adjustments did not necessarily overturn the broad, theoretical assumptions with which experts and officials conceptualized the problems of agricultural development. From theCambridge English Corpus arrested development Arrested development in human hookworm infections : an adaptation to a seasonal unfavourable external environment. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. 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