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From French développement, from Old French desvelopemens (“unrolling”). By surface analysis, develop + -ment. First attested in 1756.

uncountable The process of developing; growth, directed change. The development of this story has been slow.
uncountable The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is produced by the addition of new cells. The organism has reached a crucial stage in its development.
countable Something which has developed. Our news team brings you the latest developments.
countable A project consisting of one or more commercial or residential buildings.
uncountable The building of such a project.
uncountable The application of new ideas to practical problems (cf. research). Our development department has produced three new adhesives this year.
uncountable The active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it. White's development is good, but black's has been hampered by the pawn on e5.
countable, uncountable The process by in which previous material is transformed and restated.
countable, uncountable The second section of a piece of music in sonata form, in which the original theme is revisited in altered and varying form.
countable, uncountable The expression of a function in the form of a series.
countable, uncountable The processing of photographic film so as to bring out the images latent in it. I sent the film to a specialist lab for development.