dramatic development

collocation in English

meaningsofdramaticanddevelopment

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dramatic
adjective
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/drəˈmæt.ɪk/us
/drəˈmæt̬.ɪk/
very sudden or noticeable, or full of action ...
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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 ofdramaticanddevelopmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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An anonymous reviewer wonders why a pragmatic principle should not be learned at one point in time and thus show adramaticdevelopment.
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But the dry description of a gesture or of a step forwards or backwards cannot render thedramaticdevelopment, the succession of episodes and terrible passions, effective on stage.
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Gradually, variations on earlier ideas emerge from the nebulous sonority and are subjected to more extensivedramaticdevelopment, leading to a compelling juxtaposition of earlier textures.
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Will the existing infrastructure be able to withstand such adramaticdevelopment?
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Just last year, there was adramaticdevelopmentin the strategic balance.
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Because of thedramaticdevelopmentof public housing, the housing stocks in each borough were too great for people to manage efficiently.
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Thedramaticdevelopmentof unemployment is rightly at the heart of the annual economic report as well as of the motion for a resolution.
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We want to give them more time to cope with the serious challenge that thisdramaticdevelopmentwill present to them.
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I should, therefore, make it clear that there has been a mostdramaticdevelopmentin the growth of these clubs.
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This is significant in the context of thedramaticdevelopmentof organised crime, especially cross-border crime.
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There can be no doubt that commercially the mostdramaticdevelopmentin national savings has been the launching of the managed bond.
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Although it would not be adramaticdevelopment, we very much hope that the department can help in the matter.
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That will be the mostdramaticdevelopmentin education over the next couple of years.
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Apart from the premium domestic market, there has been an absolutelydramaticdevelopmentof industry based on gas.
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The staggering increase in their number is the mostdramaticdevelopmentof all.
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The project is a massive anddramaticdevelopment.
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That would have been adramaticdevelopment.
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That was adramaticdevelopment, and of course, at the time it was accompanied by the sort of assurance that these developments always carry with them when they are introduced.
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That could be adramaticdevelopment.
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It had a profound effect on me to see a large number of men who know that, barring adramaticdevelopmentin our economy, they will never work again.
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