development
🇺🇸
/dɪˈveləpmənt/
🇬🇧
/dɪˈveləpmənt/
noun
B1
The process of growing or improving something over time.
The company offers many chances for career development.
B1
The growth of a country's economy through more business.
More tourism helps job creation and economic development.
B1
Making something new or better; a new thing or idea.
This medicine is an exciting new development.
B2
A new event that changes a situation.
There are new developments in the case.
B2
An area with new buildings.
I live in a new housing development.
B2
Using land to build on it for profit.
He bought the land for development.
translation
The process of growing or improving something over time.; The growth of a country's economy through more business.; Making something new or better; a new thing or idea.; A new event that changes a situation.; An area with new buildings.; Using land to build on it for profit.
Word Forms
Plural
developments