development

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /dɪˈvɛl.əp.mənt/
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• India: /ˈɖeʋə.ləp.menʈ/
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• India: /ɖɪˈʋɛː.ləp.menʈ/
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From French développement, from Old French desvelopemens (“unrolling”). By surface analysis, develop + -ment. First attested in 1756.

192 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: outwikkeling — process of developing
• Albanian: zhvillim — process of developing
• Arabic: إِعْمَار (ʔiʕmār) — process of developing
• Arabic: تَعْمِير (taʕmīr) — process of developing
• Arabic: تَطَوُّر (taṭawwur) — process of developing
• Armenian: զարգացում (zargacʻum) — process of developing
• Assamese: উন্নতি (unnoti) — process of developing
• Assamese: বিকাশ (bikax) — process of developing
• Asturian: desendolcu — process of developing
• Azerbaijani: inkişaf — process of developing
• Bashkir: үҫеш (üśeş) — process of developing
• Belarusian: развіццё (razviccjó) — process of developing
• Belarusian: развіцьцё (razvicʹcjó) — process of developing
• Belarusian: ро́звітак (rózvitak) — process of developing
• Bengali: বিকাশ (bikaś) — process of developing
• Bengali: উন্নয়ন (unnoẏon) — process of developing
• Bengali: তরক্কী (torokki) — process of developing
• Bulgarian: разви́тие (razvítie) — process of developing
• Bulgarian: напре́дък (naprédǎk) — process of developing
• Burmese: တိုးတက်ရေး (tui:tak-re:) — process of developing
• Burmese: တိုးတက်ခြင်း (tui:takhkrang:) — process of developing
• Catalan: desenvolupament — process of developing
• Chinese Cantonese: 發展 /发展 (faat3 zin2) — process of developing
• Chinese Cantonese: 開發 /开发 (hoi1 faat3) — process of developing
• Chinese Mandarin: 發展 /发展 (fāzhǎn) — process of developing
• Chinese Mandarin: 開發 /开发 (kāifā) — process of developing
• Czech: vývoj — process of developing
• Czech: rozvoj — process of developing
• Danish: udvikling — process of developing
• Dutch: ontwikkeling — process of developing
• Esperanto: disvolvado — process of developing
• Estonian: areng — process of developing
• Finnish: kehitys — process of developing
• Finnish: kehittyminen — process of developing
• Finnish: kehittely — process of developing
• French: développement — process of developing
• Galician: desenvolvemento — process of developing
• Galician: desenrolo — process of developing
• Georgian: განვითარება (ganvitareba) — process of developing
• Georgian: შემუშავება (šemušaveba) — process of developing
• Georgian: ზრდა (zrda) — process of developing
• Georgian: სრულყოფა (srulq̇opa) — process of developing
• German: Entwicklung — process of developing
• Greek: ανάπτυξη (anáptyxi) — process of developing
• Gujarati: વિકાસ (vikās) — process of developing
• Hebrew: הִתְפַּתְּחוּת (hitpatkhút) — process of developing
• Hindi: विकास (vikās) — process of developing
• Hindi: उन्नति (unnati) — process of developing
• Hindi: प्रगति (pragti) — process of developing
• Hungarian: fejlesztés — process of developing
• Hungarian: fejlődés — process of developing
• Icelandic: þroski — process of developing
• Indonesian: perkembangan — process of developing
• Indonesian: pengembangan — process of developing
• Indonesian: pembangunan — process of developing
• Interlingua: disveloppamento — process of developing
• Irish: forás — process of developing
• Italian: sviluppo — process of developing
• Italian: potenziamento — process of developing
• Japanese: 発展 (hatten) — process of developing
• Japanese: 開発 (kaihatsu) — process of developing
• Kamba: maendeleo — process of developing
• Kazakh: даму (damu) — process of developing
• Kazakh: дамыту (damytu) — process of developing
• Khmer: អភិវឌ្ឍន៍ (ʼaʼphivŏət) — process of developing
• Kikuyu: maendeleo — process of developing
• Korean: 발전 (baljeon) — process of developing
• Korean: 개발 (gaebal) — process of developing
• Central Kurdish: ئاواکردنەوە (awakirdnewe) — process of developing
• Kyrgyz: өнүгүү (önügüü) — process of developing
• Kyrgyz: дамытуу (damıtuu) — process of developing
• Lao: ການພັດທະນາ (kān phat tha nā) — process of developing
• Latvian: attīstība — process of developing
• Lithuanian: vystymasis — process of developing
• Livonian: kazāndõks — process of developing
• Lü: ᦂᦱᧃᦉᦱᧂᧉᦶᦎᧂᧈ (k̇aanṡaang2ṫaeng1) — process of developing
• Luhya: kamaendeleo — process of developing
• Macedonian: развој (razvoj) — process of developing
• Macedonian: развиток (razvitok) — process of developing
• Malay: perkembangan — process of developing
• Malayalam: വികസനം (vikasanaṁ) — process of developing
• Māori: whakapakaritanga — process of developing
• Māori: whanaketanga — process of developing
• Marathi: विकास (vikās) — process of developing
• Mongolian: хөгжил (xögžil) — process of developing
• Mongolian: ᠬᠥᠭᠵᠢᠯ (kögǰil) — process of developing
• Nepali: विकास (vikās) — process of developing
• Norwegian Bokmål: utvikling — process of developing
• Norwegian Bokmål: framvekst — process of developing
• Norwegian Nynorsk: utvikling — process of developing
• Norwegian Nynorsk: framvekst — process of developing
• Occitan: desvolopament — process of developing
• Pashto: پرمختګ — process of developing
• Dari: پیشْرَفْت (pēšraft) — process of developing
• Dari: تَوْسِعَه (tawsi'a) — process of developing
• Iranian Persian: پیشْرَفْت (pišraft) — process of developing
• Iranian Persian: تُوْسِعِه (towse'e) — process of developing
• Piedmontese: svilup — process of developing
• Polish: rozwój — process of developing
• Portuguese: desenvolvimento — process of developing
• Punjabi: ਵਿਕਾਸ (vikās) — process of developing
• Romanian: dezvoltare — process of developing
• Russian: разви́тие (razvítije) — process of developing
• Scottish Gaelic: adhartas — process of developing
• Scottish Gaelic: leasachadh — process of developing
• Serbo-Croatian: ра́звој — process of developing
• Serbo-Croatian: разви́так — process of developing
• Serbo-Croatian: rázvoj — process of developing
• Serbo-Croatian: razvítak — process of developing
• Sinhalese: සංවර්ධනය (saṁwardhanaya) — process of developing
• Slovak: vývoj — process of developing
• Slovak: rozvoj — process of developing
• Slovene: razvoj — process of developing
• Lower Sorbian: wuwiśe — process of developing
• Spanish: desarrollo — process of developing
• Spanish: desenvolvimiento — process of developing
• Swahili: khuendelea — process of developing
• Swahili: maendeleo — process of developing
• Swedish: utveckling — process of developing
• Tagalog: paglinang — process of developing
• Tagalog: pagpapaunlad — process of developing
• Tagalog: pag-unlad — process of developing
• Tajik: пешрафт (pešraft) — process of developing
• Tajik: тараққиёт (taraqqiyot) — process of developing
• Tajik: инкишоф (inkišof) — process of developing
• Tajik: тавсиъа (tavsi'a) — process of developing
• Tamil: ஆக்கம் (ākkam) — process of developing
• Telugu: పెరుగుదల (perugudala) — process of developing
• Thai: การพัฒนา (gaan-pát-tá-naa) — process of developing
• Thai: พัฒนาการ (pát-tá-naa-gaan) — process of developing
• Turkish: ilerleme — process of developing
• Turkish: kalkınma — process of developing
• Turkish: gelişme — process of developing
• Turkish: gelişim — process of developing
• Ukrainian: ро́звиток (rózvytok) — process of developing
• Urdu: تَرَقِّی (taraqqī) — process of developing
• Urdu: نَشْو و نُمَا (naśv o numā) — process of developing
• Urdu: نَشْوونُمَا (naśvonumā) — process of developing
• Uyghur: تەرەققىيات (tereqqiyat) — process of developing
• Uzbek: taraqqiyot — process of developing
• Vietnamese: sự phát triển — process of developing
• Vietnamese: quá trình phát triển — process of developing
• Armenian: զարգացում (zargacʻum) — something which has developed
• Danish: udvikling — something which has developed
• Estonian: areng — something which has developed
• Finnish: kehitys — something which has developed
• Finnish: uutiset — something which has developed
• German: Entwicklung — something which has developed
• Greek: εξέλιξη (exélixi) — something which has developed
• Hebrew: הִתְפַּתְּחוּת (hitpatkhút) — something which has developed
• Hindi: उन्नत (unnat) — something which has developed
• Hindi: विकसित (viksit) — something which has developed
• Hungarian: fejlemény — something which has developed
• Italian: potenziamento — something which has developed
• Central Kurdish: ئاوەدان کردنەوە (awedan kirdnewe) — something which has developed
• Central Kurdish: ئاوەدانی (awedanî) — something which has developed
• Māori: whanaketanga — something which has developed
• Russian: достиже́ние (dostižénije) — something which has developed
• Russian: разрабо́тка (razrabótka) — something which has developed
• Scottish Gaelic: adhartas — something which has developed
• Scottish Gaelic: leasachadh — something which has developed
• Lower Sorbian: wuwiśe — something which has developed
• Spanish: desarrollo — something which has developed
• Spanish: acontecimiento — something which has developed
• Spanish: novedad — something which has developed
• Spanish: cambio — something which has developed
• Swedish: utveckling — something which has developed
• Tagalog: kaunlaran — something which has developed
• Danish: udbygning — real estate development
• Danish: udvidelse — real estate development
• Finnish: rakentaminen — real estate development
• Hebrew: פיתוח (pituakh) — real estate development
• Indonesian: pembangunan — real estate development
• Spanish: urbanización — real estate development
• Spanish: fraccionamiento — real estate development
• Spanish: edificación — real estate development
• Swedish: utbyggnad — real estate development
• Bulgarian: усъвърше́нстване (usǎvǎršénstvane) — application of new ideas to practical problems (compare research)
• Czech: vývoj — application of new ideas to practical problems (compare research)
• Danish: udvikling — application of new ideas to practical problems (compare research)
• Finnish: kehittäminen — application of new ideas to practical problems (compare research)
• Finnish: tuotekehitys — application of new ideas to practical problems (compare research)
• Hebrew: פיתוח \ פִּתּוּחַ (pitúakh) — application of new ideas to practical problems (compare research)
• Malayalam: വികസിപ്പിക്കൽ (vikasippikkal) — application of new ideas to practical problems (compare research)
• Scottish Gaelic: adhartas — application of new ideas to practical problems (compare research)
• Swedish: utveckling — application of new ideas to practical problems (compare research)
• Danish: udvikling — active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it
• Finnish: pelinrakentaminen — active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it
• Greek: ανάπτυξη (anáptyxi) — music: transformation and restatement of previous material
• Icelandic: úrvinnsla — music: transformation and restatement of previous material
• Greek: ανάπτυξη (anáptyxi) — music: second section of sonata form
• Icelandic: úrvinnsla — music: second section of sonata form