development
/dɪˈvɛl.əp.mənt/ sustantivo B1En español: desarrollo, desenvolvimiento, acontecimiento, novedad
- The process of developing; growth, directed change. · The development of this story has been slow.
- The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is produced by the addition of new cells. · The organism has reached a crucial stage in its development.
- Something which has developed. · Our news team brings you the latest developments.· up-to-date with new developments in IT
- A project consisting of one or more commercial or residential buildings.
- The building of such a project.
- The application of new ideas to practical problems (cf. research). · Our development department has produced three new adhesives this year.
- The active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it. · White's development is good, but black's has been hampered by the pawn on e5.
- The process by in which previous material is transformed and restated.
Plural developments
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Mortimer, and Frankland, of Lafter Hall, let me end on that which is most important and tell you more about the Barrymores, and especially about the surprising development of last night.
I can’t afford, therefore, to smile at your three broken busts, Lestrade, and I shall be very much obliged to you if you will let me hear of any fresh development of so singular a chain of events.”
The development for which my friend had asked came in a quicker and an infinitely more tragic form than he could have imagined.
We locked every door on the inside and awaited developments.
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