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sustainable development

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Development which seeks to produce sustainable economic growth while ensuring future generations' ability to do the same by not exceeding the regenerative capacity of nature.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: agriculture, biology, business, ecology, lifestyle, natural-sciences

Examples

  • sustainable development goals

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Antonyms: none provided

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Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَنْمِيَة مُسْتَدَامَة — development seeking to economic growth while ensuring future generations' ability to do the same, by not exceeding natural regenerative capacity
  • Azerbaijani: davamlı inkişaf — development seeking to economic growth while ensuring future generations' ability to do the same, by not exceeding natural regenerative capacity
  • Catalan: desenvolupament sostenible — development seeking to economic growth while ensuring future generations' ability to do the same, by not exceeding natural regenerative capacity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 可持續發展 /可持续发展 (kěchíxù fāzhǎn) — development seeking to economic growth while ensuring future generations' ability to do the same, by not exceeding natural regenerative capacity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 永續發展 /永续发展 (yǒngxù fāzhǎn) — development seeking to economic growth while ensuring future generations' ability to do the same, by not exceeding natural regenerative capacity
  • Czech: trvale udržitelný rozvoj — development seeking to economic growth while ensuring future generations' ability to do the same, by not exceeding natural regenerative capacity
  • Czech: udržitelný rozvoj — development seeking to economic growth while ensuring future generations' ability to do the same, by not exceeding natural regenerative capacity
  • Dutch: duurzame ontwikkeling — development seeking to economic growth while ensuring future generations' ability to do the same, by not exceeding natural regenerative capacity
  • Estonian: jätkusuutlik areng — development seeking to economic growth while ensuring future generations' ability to do the same, by not exceeding natural regenerative capacity
  • Finnish: kestävä kehitys — development seeking to economic growth while ensuring future generations' ability to do the same, by not exceeding natural regenerative capacity
  • French: développement durable — development seeking to economic growth while ensuring future generations' ability to do the same, by not exceeding natural regenerative capacity
  • Galician: desenvolvemento sustentábel — development seeking to economic growth while ensuring future generations' ability to do the same, by not exceeding natural regenerative capacity
  • Georgian: მდგრადი განვითარება (mdgradi ganvitareba) — development seeking to economic growth while ensuring future generations' ability to do the same, by not exceeding natural regenerative capacity
  • German: nachhaltige Entwicklung — development seeking to economic growth while ensuring future generations' ability to do the same, by not exceeding natural regenerative capacity
  • Greek: βιώσιμη ανάπτυξη (viósimi anáptyxi) — development seeking to economic growth while ensuring future generations' ability to do the same, by not exceeding natural regenerative capacity
  • Hungarian: fenntartható fejlődés — development seeking to economic growth while ensuring future generations' ability to do the same, by not exceeding natural regenerative capacity
  • Icelandic: sjálfbær þróun — development seeking to economic growth while ensuring future generations' ability to do the same, by not exceeding natural regenerative capacity
  • Indonesian: pembangunan berkelanjutan — development seeking to economic growth while ensuring future generations' ability to do the same, by not exceeding natural regenerative capacity
  • Irish: forbairt inbhuanaithe — development seeking to economic growth while ensuring future generations' ability to do the same, by not exceeding natural regenerative capacity
  • Irish: forbairt inmharthana — development seeking to economic growth while ensuring future generations' ability to do the same, by not exceeding natural regenerative capacity
  • Italian: sviluppo sostenibile — development seeking to economic growth while ensuring future generations' ability to do the same, by not exceeding natural regenerative capacity
  • Japanese: 持続可能な開発 (jizokukanō na kaihatsu) — development seeking to economic growth while ensuring future generations' ability to do the same, by not exceeding natural regenerative capacity
  • Latgalian: tvereiguo raisteiba — development seeking to economic growth while ensuring future generations' ability to do the same, by not exceeding natural regenerative capacity
  • Latvian: ilgtspējīga attīstība — development seeking to economic growth while ensuring future generations' ability to do the same, by not exceeding natural regenerative capacity
  • Lithuanian: darnusis vystymasis — development seeking to economic growth while ensuring future generations' ability to do the same, by not exceeding natural regenerative capacity
  • Macedonian: одржлив развој (održliv razvoj) — development seeking to economic growth while ensuring future generations' ability to do the same, by not exceeding natural regenerative capacity
  • Malay: pembangunan mampan — development seeking to economic growth while ensuring future generations' ability to do the same, by not exceeding natural regenerative capacity
  • Polish: zrównoważony rozwój — development seeking to economic growth while ensuring future generations' ability to do the same, by not exceeding natural regenerative capacity
  • Portuguese: desenvolvimento sustentável — development seeking to economic growth while ensuring future generations' ability to do the same, by not exceeding natural regenerative capacity
  • Romanian: dezvoltare durabilă — development seeking to economic growth while ensuring future generations' ability to do the same, by not exceeding natural regenerative capacity
  • Romanian: dezvoltare sustenabilă — development seeking to economic growth while ensuring future generations' ability to do the same, by not exceeding natural regenerative capacity
  • Russian: усто́йчивое разви́тие (ustójčivoje razvítije) — development seeking to economic growth while ensuring future generations' ability to do the same, by not exceeding natural regenerative capacity
  • Serbo-Croatian: одрживи развој — development seeking to economic growth while ensuring future generations' ability to do the same, by not exceeding natural regenerative capacity
  • Serbo-Croatian: održivi razvoj — development seeking to economic growth while ensuring future generations' ability to do the same, by not exceeding natural regenerative capacity
  • Spanish: desarrollo sostenible — development seeking to economic growth while ensuring future generations' ability to do the same, by not exceeding natural regenerative capacity
  • Swedish: hållbar utveckling — development seeking to economic growth while ensuring future generations' ability to do the same, by not exceeding natural regenerative capacity
  • Thai: การพัฒนาอย่างยั้งยืน — development seeking to economic growth while ensuring future generations' ability to do the same, by not exceeding natural regenerative capacity
  • Ukrainian: ста́лий ро́звиток (stályj rózvytok) — development seeking to economic growth while ensuring future generations' ability to do the same, by not exceeding natural regenerative capacity