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Another word for development

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Noun

  1. A progression from a simple form to a more complex one

    See also:

    change

  2. The result or product of building up

    See also:

    increase

  3. Steady improvement, as of an individual or a society

    See also:

    better

  4. Something significant that happens

    See also:

    happen

© Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Another word for development

Noun

  1. Improvement

    See also:

    progress

    improvement

  2. The process of growth

    See also:

    increase

    Antonyms:

  3. A real estate development

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • But three years later a new economic development began.

  • "There's enough rock here to build a housing development," she commented as they worked their way across a jumble of flat red rocks.

  • The rapid development of Helen's mind is beautiful to watch.

  • These substances were regarded as being in some sense alive, and taking some active part in the development of being.

  • Learning a new language has proven to be very beneficial to cognitive development.

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