development
nounDivide development into syllables:
de · vel · op · ment
How to pronounce development:
Definition of development:
- development (noun):
- the process of growing or developing
- the act, process, or result of developing
- a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage).
Synonyms for development:
advance
advancement
assibilation
blooming
burgeoning
deepening
developing
elaboration
emergence
enlargement
evolution
expansion
exploitation
extension
flowering
growing
growth
improvement
increase
maturation
maturing
ontogenesis
ontogeny
physical process
process
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Antonyms for development:
abasement
backslide
barbarianism
barbarism
block
blockage
cessation
comedown
condemnation
debasement
decadence
decay
decaying
declension
declination
decline
decrease
degeneracy
degeneration
degradation
demotion
denunciation
depression
derision
descent
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Here are some other common words that have 4 syllables, like development does.
- development's
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- exactitude
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- nihilistic
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- wilhelmina
- deviation
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- impermeable
- inventory
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- oblivious
- economic
- consecution
- Eliana
- infuriate
- carelessly
- asexual
- divinity
- catastrophic
- insomnia
- interference
- society
- significant
- January's
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