adj
Meaning 1
In the process of development.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a developing foetus
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
developing
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/dɪˈvɛl.ə.pɪŋ/
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adj
Meaning 2
Of a country: becoming economically more mature or advanced; becoming industrialized.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A process of development.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 4
present participle and gerund of develop
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: underdeveloped
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: development
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: processing
Narrower terms: underdevelopment
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: զարգացող (zargacʻoġ) — of a country
- Central Bikol: nag-uurag — of a country
- Chinese Mandarin: 發展的 /发展的 (fāzhǎn de) — of a country
- Chinese Mandarin: 發展中 /发展中 (fāzhǎnzhōng) — of a country
- Czech: rozvojový — of a country
- Finnish: kehittyvä — of a country
- Finnish: kehitys- (see: kehitysmaa) — of a country
- French: en développement — of a country
- German: entwickelnd — of a country
- German: Entwicklungs- — of a country
- Greek: αναπτυσσόμενη (anaptyssómeni) — of a country
- Hungarian: fejlődő — of a country
- Indonesian: berkembang — of a country
- Italian: in via di sviluppo — of a country
- Japanese: 発展途上 (hatten-tojō) — of a country
- Macedonian: во развој (vo razvoj) — of a country
- Malay: sedang membangun — of a country
- Portuguese: em desenvolvimento — of a country
- Russian: развива́ющийся (razvivájuščijsja) — of a country
- Spanish: en vías de desarrollo — of a country
- Tagalog: papaunlad — of a country
- Turkish: gelişmekte olan — of a country
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