Synonyms for development

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noun · 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”

noun · (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”

growth growing maturation ontogenyontogenesis

noun · the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful

“the development of Alaskan resources”

exploitation

noun · processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible

“the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours”

developing

Opposites of development

nondevelopment