Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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development | Yes | No | No | No |
process | Yes | No | Yes | No |
development (noun) | process (noun) |
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act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining | a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states |
the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful | a particular course of action intended to achieve a result |
(music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated | a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant |
a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation | (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents |
a district that has been developed to serve some purpose | a mental process that you are not directly aware of |
processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible | a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant |
(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 | |
a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage) | |
a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess) |
development (verb) | process (verb) |
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subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition | |
perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information | |
deliver a warrant or summons to someone | |
shape, form, or improve a material | |
institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against | |
deal with in a routine way | |
march in a procession |