development 音标拼音: [dɪv'ɛləpmənt]
n . 生长,成长,进化;发展,开发,研制
生长,成长,进化;发展,开发,研制
development 发展时间
development 开发 发展
development n 1 :
act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining ; "
he congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency "; "
they funded research and development "
2 :
a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (
especially a more advanced or mature stage ); "
the development of his ideas took many years "; "
the evolution of Greek civilization "; "
the slow development of her skill as a writer " [
synonym : {
development }, {
evolution }] [
ant :
{
degeneration }, {
devolution }]
3 : (
biology )
the process of an individual organism growing organically ;
a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level ; "
he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children " [
synonym : {
growth }, {
growing },
{
maturation }, {
development }, {
ontogeny }, {
ontogenesis }] [
ant :
{
nondevelopment }]
4 :
a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation ; "
recent developments in Iraq "; "
what a revolting development !"
5 :
the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful ; "
the development of Alaskan resources "; "
the exploitation of copper deposits " [
synonym :
{
exploitation }, {
development }]
6 :
a district that has been developed to serve some purpose ;
"
such land is practical for small park developments "
7 :
a state in which things are improving ;
the result of developing (
as in the early part of a game of chess ); "
after he saw the latest development he changed his mind and became a supporter "; "
in chess your should take care of your development before moving your queen "
8 :
processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible ; "
the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours " [
synonym : {
development }, {
developing }]
9 : (
music )
the section of a composition or movement (
especially in sonata form )
where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated Development \
De *
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op *
ment \,
n . [
Cf .
F .
d ['
e ]
veloppement .]
[
Written also {
developement }.]
1 .
The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown ;
a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed ,
as a plan or method ,
or an image upon a photographic plate ;
gradual advancement or growth through a series of progressive changes ;
also ,
the result of developing ,
or a developed state .
[
1913 Webster ]
A new development of imagination ,
taste ,
and poetry .
--
Channing .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Biol .)
The series of changes which animal and vegetable organisms undergo in their passage from the embryonic state to maturity ,
from a lower to a higher state of organization .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 . (
Math .)
(
a )
The act or process of changing or expanding an expression into another of equivalent value or meaning .
(
b )
The equivalent expression into which another has been developed .
[
1913 Webster ]
4 . (
Mus .)
The elaboration of a theme or subject ;
the unfolding of a musical idea ;
the evolution of a whole piece or movement from a leading theme or motive .
[
1913 Webster ]
5 .
A tract of land on which a number of buildings have been constructed ; --
especially used for tract on which from two to hundreds of houses have been constructed by a commercial developer [
4 ]
for sale to individuals .
[
PJC ]
{
Development theory } (
Biol .),
the doctrine that animals and plants possess the power of passing by slow and successive stages from a lower to a higher state of organization ,
and that all the higher forms of life now in existence were thus developed by uniform laws from lower forms ,
and are not the result of special creative acts .
See the Note under {
Darwinian }.
Syn :
Unfolding ;
disclosure ;
unraveling ;
evolution ;
elaboration ;
growth .
[
1913 Webster ]
275 Moby Thesaurus words for "
development ":
abiogenesis ,
access ,
accession ,
accomplishment ,
accretion ,
accrual ,
accruement ,
accumulation ,
action ,
addition ,
advance ,
advancement ,
aggrandizement ,
aging ,
amplification ,
anacrusis ,
anagnorisis ,
angle ,
appreciation ,
apprenticeship ,
archigenesis ,
architectonics ,
architecture ,
argument ,
ascent ,
atmosphere ,
augmentation ,
background ,
ballooning ,
basic training ,
bass passage ,
beautification ,
biogenesis ,
birth ,
blastogenesis ,
bloating ,
blossoming ,
boom ,
boost ,
bourdon ,
breaking ,
breeding ,
bridge ,
broadening ,
budding ,
buildup ,
burden ,
burgeoning ,
by -
product ,
cadence ,
catastrophe ,
characterization ,
chorus ,
circumstance ,
coda ,
color ,
complication ,
condition ,
conditioning ,
consequence ,
consequent ,
continuity ,
contrivance ,
corollary ,
crescendo ,
cultivation ,
denouement ,
derivation ,
derivative ,
design ,
developmental change ,
device ,
digenesis ,
dilation ,
discipline ,
distillate ,
division ,
drill ,
drilling ,
edema ,
effect ,
elaboration ,
elevation ,
embellishment ,
enlargement ,
epigenesis ,
episode ,
eumerogenesis ,
event ,
eventuality ,
eventuation ,
evolution ,
evolutionary change ,
evolvement ,
evolving ,
excrescence ,
exercise ,
expansion ,
expatiation ,
explication ,
exposition ,
extension ,
fable ,
falling action ,
fetching -
up ,
figure ,
flood ,
flowering ,
folderol ,
fostering ,
fruit ,
furtherance ,
gain ,
gemmation ,
generation ,
genesis ,
germination ,
gimmick ,
gradual change ,
greatening ,
grooming ,
growth ,
gush ,
happening ,
harmonic close ,
harvest ,
heterogenesis ,
hike ,
histogenesis ,
homogenesis ,
housebreaking ,
improvement ,
in -
service training ,
incident ,
increase ,
increment ,
inflation ,
interlude ,
intermezzo ,
introductory phrase ,
isogenesis ,
issue ,
jump ,
leap ,
legacy ,
line ,
local color ,
logical outcome ,
manual training ,
maturation ,
maturescence ,
maturing ,
maturity ,
measure ,
mellowing ,
merogenesis ,
metagenesis ,
military training ,
monogenesis ,
mood ,
motif ,
mounting ,
movement ,
multiplication ,
musical phrase ,
musical sentence ,
mythos ,
natural development ,
natural growth ,
nonviolent change ,
nurture ,
nurturing ,
occurrence ,
offshoot ,
offspring ,
on -
the -
job training ,
ongoing ,
ornament ,
orthogenesis ,
outcome ,
outgrowth ,
overgrowth ,
pangenesis ,
part ,
parthenogenesis ,
passage ,
perfection ,
period ,
peripeteia ,
phenomenon ,
phrase ,
plan ,
plot ,
practice ,
precipitate ,
preparation ,
procreation ,
product ,
productiveness ,
progress ,
progression ,
proliferation ,
pullulation ,
raise ,
raising ,
readying ,
rearing ,
recognition ,
refinement ,
refrain ,
rehearsal ,
reproduction ,
resolution ,
response ,
result ,
resultant ,
ripening ,
rise ,
rising action ,
ritornello ,
scheme ,
seasoning ,
secondary plot ,
section ,
senescence ,
sequel ,
sequela ,
sequence ,
sequent ,
situation ,
slant ,
sloyd ,
snowballing ,
spontaneous generation ,
spread ,
sprouting ,
stanza ,
statement ,
story ,
strain ,
structure ,
subject ,
subplot ,
surge ,
swelling ,
switch ,
tailpiece ,
tempering ,
thematic development ,
theme ,
tone ,
topic ,
training ,
tumescence ,
tutti ,
tutti passage ,
twist ,
unfolding ,
up ,
upbringing ,
upgrowth ,
upping ,
upshot ,
upsurge ,
upswing ,
uptrend ,
upturn ,
variation ,
vegetation ,
verse ,
vocational education ,
vocational training ,
waxing ,
widening ,
working -
out
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