development

noun11

1. •
   the way something grows and changes over time into a bigger, stronger or better form

   • The development of this story has been slow.
2. •
   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.
3. •
   Something which has developed.

   • Our news team brings you the latest developments.
4. •
   A project consisting of one or more commercial or residential buildings.
5. •
   The application of new ideas to practical problems (cf. research).

   • Our development department has produced three new adhesives this year.
6. •
   The building of such a project.
7. •
   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.
8. •
   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.
9. •
   The second section of a piece of music in sonata form, in which the original theme is revisited in altered and varying form.
10. •
    The process by in which previous material is transformed and restated.
11. •
    The expression of a function in the form of a series.