development
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～ (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated
development
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～ 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
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～ processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible; "the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours"
development
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～ a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation; "recent developments in Iraq"; "what a revolting development!"
development
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～ 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
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～ a district that has been developed to serve some purpose; "such land is practical for small park developments"
development
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～ (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"
development
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～ 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"
developmental
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～ of or relating to or constituting development; "developmental psychology"
developmental anatomy
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～ the branch of anatomy that studies structural changes of an individual from fertilization to maturity
developmental age
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～ a measure of a child's development (in body size or motor skill or psychological function) expressed in terms of age norms
developmentally
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～ with respect to development; "developmentally retarded"
developmentally challenged
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～ people collectively who are mentally retarded; "he started a school for the retarded"
Devi
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～ Hindu mother goddess; supreme power in the universe; wife or embodiment of the female energy of Siva having both beneficent and malevolent forms or aspects