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sustainable development

sustainable development noun: 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.

Noun

sustainable development (countable and uncountable, plural sustainable developments)

  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.
    • sustainable development goals
    • Africa’s growing demand for wood products presents an opportunity to build a resilient bioeconomy that creates jobs, strengthens local industries and reduces pressure on natural forests. Wood remains one of Africa’s most vital natural resources, supporting livelihoods, economic development and...2026 June 12, Jane Mutune, Peter Minang, “Building a resilient wood-based bioeconomy in Africa”, in Forest News, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2026

sustainable development meaning in Tamil, Arabic, Malay and Indonesian

sustainable development in Tamil

பேணத்தகுந்த வளர்ச்சி, வளம்குன்றா வளர்ச்சி, காத்துப்பேணல் வளர்ச்சி

sustainable development in Arabic

development seeking to economic growth while ensuring future generations' ability to do the same, by not exceeding natural regenerative capacity
تَنْمِيَة مُسْتَدَامَة

sustainable development in Malay

development seeking to economic growth while ensuring future generations' ability to do the same, by not exceeding natural regenerative capacity
pembangunan mampan

sustainable development in Indonesian

development seeking to economic growth while ensuring future generations' ability to do the same, by not exceeding natural regenerative capacity
pembangunan berkelanjutan
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sustainable development in Thai
การพัฒนาอย่างยั้งยืน

Forms of sustainable development

pluralsustainable developments

Questions about sustainable development

What does sustainable development mean?
Sustainable development means 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.
What is sustainable development in Tamil?
Sustainable development in Tamil is பேணத்தகுந்த வளர்ச்சி, வளம்குன்றா வளர்ச்சி, காத்துப்பேணல் வளர்ச்சி. See Sustainable development meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sustainable development?
Sustainable development is a noun.
What is the plural of sustainable development?
The plural of sustainable development is sustainable developments.

Words near sustainable development in the dictionary

  1. sustahs
  2. sustain
  3. sustainabilities
  4. sustainability
  5. sustainable
  6. sustainable development
  7. sustainable developments
  8. sustainable tourist
  9. sustainable tourists
  10. sustainables
  11. sustainably

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sustainable development (page history and authors); sustainable development (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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