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Definition of: development
(di·vel′əp·mənt) noun
1. Gradual evolution or completion; also, the result of such an evolution or completion.
2. Biol. The series of changes by which an individual plant or animal passes from a lower to a higher state of being or from an embryonic condition to maturity. See synonyms under EDUCATION, PROGRESS.
—de·vel·op·men·tal (di·vel′əp·men′təl) adjective
—de·vel′op·men′tal·ly adverb
—de·vel′op·men′ta·ry (-tər·ē) adjective
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