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devt.

devt. is the abbreviation 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 devt.

pluraldevts.

Questions about devt.

What is devt. the abbreviation of?
Devt. is the abbreviation of development.

Words near devt. in the dictionary

  1. Devreux
  2. devs
  3. DevSecOps
  4. devshirme
  5. devshirmeh
  6. devt.
  7. devulcanise
  8. devulcanised
  9. devulcanises
  10. devulcanising
  11. devulcanization

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Adapted from Wiktionary: devt. (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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