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developmental

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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/dɪˌvɛləpˈmɛntəl/
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rhymes with -ɛntəl
CMU ARPABET: D IH0 V EH2 L AH0 P M EH1 N T AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2: D IH0 V EH2 L AH0 P M EH1 N AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

adj

Meaning 1

Related to development.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

Developmental psychology studies how the mind forms as children and adolescents grow.

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noun

Meaning 2

A trainee flight controller.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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adjective

Meaning 3

of or relating to or constituting development

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

developmental psychology

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History

Etymology

From development + -al.

Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

French: développemental — related to development
Hungarian: fejlődési — related to development
Hungarian: fejlesztési — related to development
Polish: rozwojowy — related to development
Spanish: desarrollista — related to development
Spanish: desarrollal — related to development
Ukrainian: розвива́льний (rozvyválʹnyj) — related to development

Word forms

Inflections and variants

developmentals — plural

Word family

Derived and related words

Derived: codevelopmental, cyclodevelopmental, developmental biologist, developmental biology, developmental disability, developmental disorder, developmentalism, developmentalist, developmental language disorder, developmentally, developmental position, developmental psycholinguistics, developmental psychologist, developmental psychology, ecodevelopmental, evolutionary developmental biology, intellectual developmental disorder, neurodevelopmental, nondevelopmental, oncodevelopmental, pervasive developmental disorder, pharmacodevelopmental, postdevelopmental

Related: development

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