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development
Overview of noun development
The noun development has 9 senses (first 8 from tagged texts)
1. (455) development -- (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. (175) development, evolution -- (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")
3. (89) development -- (a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation; "recent developments in Iraq"; "what a revolting development!")
4. (84) exploitation, development -- (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")
5. (54) development -- (a district that has been developed to serve some purpose; "such land is practical for small park developments")
6. (49) development -- (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")
7. (39) growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis -- ((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")
8. (1) development, developing -- (processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible; "the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours")
9. development -- ((music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun development
9 senses of development
Sense 1
development
=> improvement
=> change of state
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
development, evolution
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
development
=> change, alteration, modification
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
exploitation, development
=> use, usage, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
development
=> district, territory, territorial dominion, dominion
=> region
=> location
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 6
development
=> improvement, melioration
=> condition, status
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 7
growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
=> organic process, biological process
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 8
development, developing
=> processing
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 9
development
=> section, subdivision
=> writing, written material, piece of writing
=> written communication, written language
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> music
=> auditory communication
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun development
8 of 9 senses of development
Sense 1
development
=> advancement, progress
=> broadening
=> elaboration, working out
=> product development
Sense 2
development, evolution
=> assibilation
=> deepening
=> growth
=> unfolding, flowering
Sense 3
development
=> turn, turn of events, twist
=> phenomenon
=> complication, ramification
Sense 4
exploitation, development
=> land development
=> water development, water project, water program
=> overexploitation, overuse, overutilization, overutilisation
=> capitalization, capitalisation
=> commercialization, commercialisation
=> electrification
=> unitization, unitisation
Sense 5
development
=> housing development
=> housing estate
Sense 6
development
=> underdevelopment
Sense 7
growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
=> culture
=> amelogenesis
=> angiogenesis
=> apposition
=> auxesis
=> blossoming, flowering, florescence, inflorescence, anthesis, efflorescence
=> cenogenesis, kenogenesis, caenogenesis, cainogenesis, kainogenesis
=> cohesion
=> cytogenesis, cytogeny
=> foliation, leafing
=> fructification
=> gametogenesis
=> germination, sprouting
=> infructescence
=> intussusception
=> juvenescence
=> life cycle
=> masculinization, masculinisation, virilization, virilisation
=> morphogenesis
=> myelinization, myelinisation
=> neurogenesis
=> palingenesis, recapitulation
=> proliferation
=> psychogenesis
=> psychogenesis
=> psychomotor development
=> psychosexual development
=> rooting
=> suppression
=> teething, dentition, odontiasis
=> teratogenesis
=> vegetation
Sense 8
development, developing
=> underdevelopment
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun development
9 senses of development
Sense 1
development
=> improvement
Sense 2
development, evolution
=> process, physical process
Sense 3
development
=> change, alteration, modification
Sense 4
exploitation, development
=> use, usage, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise
Sense 5
development
=> district, territory, territorial dominion, dominion
Sense 6
development
=> improvement, melioration
Sense 7
growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
=> organic process, biological process
Sense 8
development, developing
=> processing
Sense 9
development
=> section, subdivision
Antonyms of noun development
1 of 9 senses of development
Sense 7
growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
Antonym of nondevelopment (Sense 1)
=>nondevelopment
Member Holonyms of noun development
Substance Holonyms of noun development
Part Holonyms of noun development
Member Meronyms of noun development
Substance Meronyms of noun development
Part Meronyms of noun development
1 of 9 senses of development
Sense 7
growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
HAS PART: gastrulation
Meronyms of noun development
1 of 9 senses of development
Sense 7
growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
HAS PART: gastrulation
Holonyms of noun development
Attributes of noun development
Derived Forms of noun development
8 of 9 senses of development
Sense 1
development
RELATED TO>(verb) develop#1
=> develop
RELATED TO>(verb) develop#11
=> modernize, modernise, develop
Sense 2
development, evolution
RELATED TO>(verb) develop#14
=> develop, grow
Sense 3
development
RELATED TO>(verb) develop#20
=> break, recrudesce, develop
Sense 4
exploitation, development
RELATED TO>(verb) develop#6
=> build up, develop
Sense 5
development
RELATED TO>(verb) develop#6
=> build up, develop
Sense 6
development
RELATED TO>(verb) develop#17
=> develop
RELATED TO>(verb) develop#18
=> develop
Sense 7
growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
RELATED TO>(adj) developmental#1
=> developmental
RELATED TO>(verb) develop#10
=> develop
RELATED TO>(verb) develop#4
=> grow, develop, produce, get, acquire
Sense 8
development, developing
RELATED TO>(verb) develop#15
=> develop
Domain of noun development
3 of 9 senses of development
Sense 6
development
TOPIC>(noun) chess#2, chess game#1
Sense 7
growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
TOPIC>(noun) biology#1, biological science#1
Sense 9
development
TOPIC>(noun) music#1
Domain Terms of noun development
1 of 9 senses of development
Sense 7
growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
TOPIC TERM>(noun) isometry#1
Familiarity of noun development
development used as a noun is familiar (polysemy count =9)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun development
9 senses of development
Sense 1
development
> improvement
=> tenderization, tenderisation
=> development
=> cleaning, cleansing, cleanup
=> correction, rectification
=> optimization, optimisation
=> perfection
=> reform
=> amelioration, melioration, betterment
=> self-improvement, self-reformation
=> clearing, clarification
=> enrichment
=> humanization, humanisation
=> modernization, modernisation
=> renovation, redevelopment, overhaul
=> enhancement, sweetening
=> upturn
=> ventilation, airing
=> repair, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation
=> stabilization, stabilisation
=> upgrade
Sense 2
development, evolution
> process, physical process
=> phenomenon
=> chelation
=> dealignment
=> decrease, decrement
=> degeneration, devolution
=> development, evolution
=> economic process
=> encapsulation
=> execution, instruction execution
=> human process
=> increase, increment, growth
=> industrial process
=> irreversible process
=> iteration, looping
=> iteration, loop
=> natural process, natural action, action, activity
=> operation, functioning, performance
=> organic process, biological process
=> photography
=> processing
=> reversible process
=> sensitization, sensitisation
=> shaping, defining
=> variation
Sense 3
development
> change, alteration, modification
=> acceleration
=> deceleration, slowing, retardation
=> avulsion
=> break
=> mutation
=> sublimation
=> surprise
=> birth, nativity, nascency, nascence
=> separation, breakup, detachment
=> vagary
=> variation, fluctuation
=> conversion
=> death, decease, expiry
=> decrease, lessening, drop-off
=> destabilization
=> increase
=> easing, moderation, relief
=> deformation
=> transition
=> transformation, transmutation, shift
=> twinkle, scintillation, sparkling
=> shimmer, play
=> transmutation
=> damage, harm, impairment
=> development
=> revolution
=> mutation, genetic mutation, chromosomal mutation
=> sex change
=> loss of consciousness
Sense 4
exploitation, development
> use, usage, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise
=> practice
=> play
=> misuse, abuse
=> exploitation, development
=> recycling
=> application, practical application
Sense 5
development
> district, territory, territorial dominion, dominion
=> administrative district, administrative division, territorial division
=> borderland, border district, march, marchland
=> city district
=> congressional district
=> development
=> enclave
=> palatinate
=> residential district, residential area, community
=> goldfield
=> jurisdiction
=> mandate, mandatory
=> protectorate, associated state
=> possession
=> trust territory, trusteeship
HAS INSTANCE=> Palatinate, Pfalz
HAS INSTANCE=> Athos, Mount Athos
HAS INSTANCE=> Attica
HAS INSTANCE=> Boeotia
HAS INSTANCE=> Papal States
HAS INSTANCE=> Acadia
HAS INSTANCE=> Northwest Territories
HAS INSTANCE=> Nunavut
HAS INSTANCE=> Yukon, Yukon Territory
HAS INSTANCE=> Northern Territory
HAS INSTANCE=> Northern Marianas, Northern Mariana Islands
HAS INSTANCE=> Acre
HAS INSTANCE=> Lake District, Lakeland
HAS INSTANCE=> Galloway
HAS INSTANCE=> Lothian Region
HAS INSTANCE=> East Malaysia
HAS INSTANCE=> Sabah, North Borneo
HAS INSTANCE=> Sarawak
HAS INSTANCE=> West Malaysia
HAS INSTANCE=> Natal, KwaZulu-Natal
HAS INSTANCE=> American Samoa, Eastern Samoa, AS
HAS INSTANCE=> Aragon
HAS INSTANCE=> Castile, Castilla
HAS INSTANCE=> Catalonia
HAS INSTANCE=> Darfur
HAS INSTANCE=> Kordofan
HAS INSTANCE=> Louisiana Purchase
Sense 6
development
> improvement, melioration
=> betterment
=> development
=> reformation
=> renovation, restoration, refurbishment
Sense 7
growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
> organic process, biological process
=> adaptation, adaption, adjustment
=> agglutination
=> aging, ageing, senescence
=> anovulation
=> antisepsis, asepsis
=> assimilation, absorption
=> autoregulation
=> bacteriostasis
=> blooming, bloom
=> bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity
=> carbon cycle
=> catabolism, katabolism, dissimilation, destructive metabolism
=> cell division, cellular division
=> crossing over, crossover
=> defoliation
=> deossification
=> digestion
=> eburnation
=> ecchymosis
=> effacement
=> erythropoiesis
=> eutrophication
=> evolution, organic evolution, phylogeny, phylogenesis
=> expression
=> extravasation
=> gastrulation
=> glycogenesis
=> growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
=> hematopoiesis, haematopoiesis, hemopoiesis, haemopoiesis, hemogenesis, haemogenesis, hematogenesis, haematogenesis, sanguification
=> heredity
=> humification
=> hypostasis, epistasis
=> implantation, nidation
=> inhibition
=> invagination, introversion, intussusception, infolding
=> involution
=> cytokinesis
=> karyokinesis
=> keratinization, keratinisation
=> Krebs cycle, Krebs citric acid cycle, citric acid cycle, tricarboxylic acid cycle
=> lymphopoiesis
=> lysogenization, lysogenisation
=> maturation, ripening, maturement
=> metabolism, metabolic process, metastasis
=> metamorphosis, metabolism
=> nitrogen cycle
=> nitrogen fixation
=> nondevelopment
=> nutrition
=> organification
=> ossification
=> ovulation
=> oxidative phosphorylation
=> parturition, birth, giving birth, birthing
=> pathologic process, pathological process
=> perennation
=> preservation
=> quellung, quellung reaction
=> quickening
=> regeneration
=> regulation
=> replication
=> reproduction
=> resorption, reabsorption
=> ripening, aging, ageing
=> secretion, secernment
=> segregation
=> shedding, sloughing
=> summation
=> symphysis
=> synapsis
=> synizesis, synezesis
=> transcription
=> transduction
=> translation
=> protein folding, folding
=> translocation
=> translocation
=> transpiration
=> tumefaction
=> ulceration
=> vascularization, vascularisation
=> vesiculation, vesication, blistering
Sense 8
development, developing
> processing
=> blowing
=> data processing
=> development, developing
=> refining, refinement, purification
=> vulcanization, vulcanisation
Sense 9
development
> section, subdivision
=> lead, lead-in, lede
=> canto
=> above
=> sports section
=> article, clause
=> book
=> chapter
=> episode
=> spot
=> spot
=> insert
=> introduction
=> narration
=> conclusion, end, close, closing, ending
=> passage
=> mezuzah, mezuza
=> sura
=> exposition
=> obbligato, obligato
=> recapitulation
=> development
Meronyms of noun development
9 senses of development
Sense 7
growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
HAS PART: gastrulation
Sense 9
development
=> section, subdivision
=> writing, written material, piece of writing
HAS PART: epilogue, epilog
=> written communication, written language
HAS PART: leaf, folio
Holonyms of noun development
Grep of noun development
advanced research and development activity
arrested development
department of housing and urban development
development
developmental age
developmental anatomy
developmental learning
developmental psychology
housing and urban development
housing development
international bank for reconstruction and development
international development association
land development
nondevelopment
product development
psychomotor development
psychosexual development
redevelopment
ribbon development
secretary of housing and urban development
social development commission
underdevelopment
water development
Grep of adj development
developmental
Grep of adv development
developmentally
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