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developement

developement is the obsolete spelling of development.

Meaning of development

Noun

development (countable and uncountable, plural developments)

  1. (uncountable) The process of developing; growth, directed change.
    • The development of this story has been slow.
  2. (uncountable) The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is produced by the addition of new cells.
    • The organism has reached a crucial stage in its development.
  3. (countable) Something which has developed.
    • Our news team brings you the latest developments.
  4. (countable) A project consisting of one or more commercial or residential buildings.
  5. (uncountable) The building of such a project.
  6. (uncountable) The application of new ideas to practical problems (cf. research).
    • Our development department has produced three new adhesives this year.

See all 11 meanings of development

Forms of developement

pluraldevelopements

Questions about developement

What is developement the obsolete spelling of?
Developement is the obsolete spelling of development.

Words near developement in the dictionary

  1. develope
  2. developed
  3. developed countries
  4. developed country
  5. developedness
  6. developement
  7. developements
  8. developer
  9. developer exit
  10. developer exits
  11. developer experience

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Adapted from Wiktionary: developement (page history and authors); development (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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