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Word entry · 11 letters

development

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"Growth or progress"

11 letters · collected on this word page

11 lettersPronunciation /dɪˈvɛl.əp.mənt/Part of speech nounSorted deeelmnoptvStarts with DEnds with T1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Growth, progress, or creation of something

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • The development of this story has been slow.
  • The organism has reached a crucial stage in its development.
  • Of more significance in the nature of branch development; in the Jubulaceae, as in the Porellaceae, branches are acroscopic and normally replace a ventral leaf lobe.

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