Synonyms for development
dɪˈvɛl əp məntde·vel·op·ment

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1. development

   Education (Latin educere, to lead or draw out) is the systematic development and cultivation of the mind and other natural powers. "Education is the harmonious development of all our faculties. It begins in the nursery, and goes on at school, but does not end there. It continues through life, whether we will or not.... 'Every person,' says Gibbon, 'has two educations, one which he receives from others, and one more important, which he gives himself.'" John Lubbock The Use of Life ch. vii, p. 111. [Macmillan & Co. '94.] Instruction, the impartation of knowledge by others (Latin instruere, to build in or into) is but a part of education, often the smallest part. Teaching is the more familiar and less formal word for instruction. Training refers not merely to the impartation of knowledge, but to the exercising of one in actions with the design to form habits. Discipline is systematic and rigorous training, with the idea of subjection to authority and perhaps of punishment. Tuition is the technical term for teaching as the business of an instructor or as in the routine of a school; tuition is narrower than teaching, not, like the latter word, including training. Study is emphatically what one does for himself. We speak of the teaching, training, or discipline, but not of the education or tuition of a dog or a horse. Breeding and nurture include teaching and training, especially as directed by and dependent upon home life and personal association; breeding having reference largely to manners with such qualities as are deemed distinctively characteristic of high birth; nurture (literally nourishing) having more direct reference to moral qualities, not overlooking the physical and mental. Knowledge and learning tell nothing of mental development apart from the capacity to acquire and remember, and nothing whatever of that moral development which is included in education in its fullest and noblest sense; learning, too, may be acquired by one's unaided industry, but any full education must be the result in great part of instruction, training, and personal association. Study is emphatically what one does for himself, and in which instruction and tuition can only point the way, encourage the student to advance, and remove obstacles; vigorous, persevering study is one of the best elements of training. Study is also used in the sense of the thing studied, a subject to be mastered by study, a studious pursuit. Compare KNOWLEDGE; REFINEMENT; WISDOM.

   Compare synonyms for IGNORANT.

   Synonyms:
   breeding, cultivation, culture, discipline, education, information, instruction, knowledge, learning, nurture, reading, schooling, study, teaching, training, tuition

   Antonyms:
   ignorance, illiteracy

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1. development

   Synonyms:
   outgrowth, fruit, crop, harvest, product, bud

   Antonyms:
   cause, origin, source, principal

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1. developmentnoun

   act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining

   "he congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency"; "they funded research and development"

   Synonyms:
   ontogenesis, growth, developing, growing, exploitation, ontogeny, maturation, evolution

   Antonyms:
   nondevelopment

2. development, evolutionnoun

   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"; "the evolution of Greek civilization"; "the slow development of her skill as a writer"

   Synonyms:
   phylogenesis, ontogenesis, growth, developing, phylogeny, growing, organic evolution, exploitation, ontogeny, maturation, evolution

   Antonyms:
   nondevelopment

3. growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesisnoun

   (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"

   Synonyms:
   emergence, ripening, maturation, suppuration, increase, ontogenesis, maturement, growth, evolution, developing, outgrowth, ontogeny, increment, exploitation, growing, festering

   Antonyms:
   nondevelopment

4. developmentnoun

   a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation

   "recent developments in Iraq"; "what a revolting development!"

   Synonyms:
   ontogenesis, growth, developing, growing, exploitation, ontogeny, maturation, evolution

   Antonyms:
   nondevelopment

5. exploitation, developmentnoun

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

   "the development of Alaskan resources"; "the exploitation of copper deposits"

   Synonyms:
   ontogenesis, maturation, using, growth, developing, victimization, growing, exploitation, ontogeny, victimisation, evolution

   Antonyms:
   nondevelopment

6. developmentnoun

   a district that has been developed to serve some purpose

   "such land is practical for small park developments"

   Synonyms:
   ontogenesis, growth, developing, growing, exploitation, ontogeny, maturation, evolution

   Antonyms:
   nondevelopment

7. developmentnoun

   a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess)

   "after he saw the latest development he changed his mind and became a supporter"; "in chess your should take care of your development before moving your queen"

   Synonyms:
   ontogenesis, growth, developing, growing, exploitation, ontogeny, maturation, evolution

   Antonyms:
   nondevelopment

8. development, developingnoun

   processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible

   "the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours"

   Synonyms:
   ontogenesis, growth, developing, growing, exploitation, ontogeny, maturation, evolution

   Antonyms:
   nondevelopment

9. developmentnoun

   (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated

   Synonyms:
   ontogenesis, growth, developing, growing, exploitation, ontogeny, maturation, evolution

   Antonyms:
   nondevelopment

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1. developmentnoun

   Synonyms:
   unfolding, disclosure, exhibition, unravelling, disentanglement

2. developmentnoun

   Synonyms:
   growth, increase, progress to maturity

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1. developmentnoun

   Synonyms:
   unfoldment, progression, evolution, hypertrophy (excessive development)

   Antonyms:
   atrophy, undevelopment, abortion, embryo

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1. List of paraphrases for "development":

   developmental, develop, developing, développement, developments, evolution, elaboration, desarrollo, growth, preparation, developed, formulation, assignment, establishment, expansion, drafting, creation, sviluppo, design, progress, desenvolvimento, building, develops, advancement, entwicklung, promotion, enhancement, veloppement, development-related

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How to use development in a sentence?

1. Thomas Saenz:

   We're happy about the development but want to make sure it is thorough and complete.

2. David Oxley:

   It would be negligent not to take the inflationary development into account.

3. Chief Executive Clive Meanwell:

   I think with the moves we have made so far, we have largely solved the cash flow question, we can now aggressively pursue the next data sets for these research and development projects without concern about financing.

4. Taifo Mahmud:

   The ability to make gadusol, which was first discovered in fish eggs, clearly has some evolutionary value to be found in so many species, we know it provides UV-B protection; it makes a pretty good sunscreen. But there may also be roles it plays as an antioxidant, in stress response, embryonic development and other functions.

5. Milo Barham:

   The melting of ice sheets after Snowball Earth caused a dramatic rise in sea level, ultimately flooding the continents, driving a remarkable retreat of shorelines and the development of clearer ocean water, researchers have long been aware that the timing of Snowball Earth and the development of more complex life seem to have coincided, but no one has really thought about how the oceans being starved of sediment might have helped ancient organisms thrive in the oceans.