development
development is a valid 11-letter word worth 19 points in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends.
What does development mean?
- noun
processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible
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the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful
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a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
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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
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act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining
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a district that has been developed to serve some purpose
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a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation
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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)
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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