Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

development

n. 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"

development

n. a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation; "recent developments in Iraq"; "what a revolting development!"

development

n. 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"

development, exploitation

n. 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"

development, housing development

n. a district that has been developed to serve some purpose; "such land is practical for small park developments"

development, evolution

n. 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"

development, developing

n. processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible; "the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours"

development, product development, systems development, information systems development

n. the process of analysis, design, coding and testing software applications

development, growth, maturation, growing, ontogeny, ontogenesis

n. (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"

arrested, in remission

adj. having development checked or reversed; "arrested tuberculosis"

expansion, expanding upon

n. adding information or detail

magnification

n. the act of expanding something in apparent size

march

n. a steady advance; "the march of science"; "the march of time"

rise, ascent, ascension, ascending

n. the act of changing location in an upward direction

emergence, growth

n. the gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece"

advent, coming

n. arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous); "the advent of the computer"

appearance

n. the event of coming into sight

progress, progression, advance

n. a movement forward; "he listened for the progress of the troops"

mounting, climb, climbing

n. an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)

discipline

n. training to improve strength or self-control

practice, practise, exercise, drill, practice session

n. systematic training by multiple repetitions; "practice makes perfect"

indoctrination

n. teaching someone to accept doctrines uncritically

perversion

n. the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use); "it was a perversion of justice"

aberration

n. a disorder in one's mental state

abnormality, irregularity

n. behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality

depravity, turpitude

n. a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice; "the various turpitudes of modern society"

deviation, deviance

n. deviate behavior

iniquity, evil, immorality, wickedness

n. morally objectionable behavior

derivation

n. (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation: `singer' from `sing'; `undo' from `do'

change

n. the result of alteration or modification; "there were marked changes in the lining of the lungs"; "there had been no change in the mountains"

development, growth, maturation, growing, ontogeny, ontogenesis

n. (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"

maturation, maturing, ripening, maturement

n. coming to full development; becoming mature

stage, phase

n. any distinct time period in a sequence of events; "we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected"

development, evolution

n. 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"

change

n. the result of alteration or modification; "there were marked changes in the lining of the lungs"; "there had been no change in the mountains"

indolent

adj. (of tumors e.g) slow to heal or develop and usually painless; "an indolent ulcer"; "leprosy is an indolent infectious disease"

latent

adj. not presently active; "latent infection"; "latent diabetes"

quiescent

adj. causing no symptoms; "a quiescent tumor"

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