developments

Noun

• act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining
• a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
• (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
• a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation
  • "recent developments in Iraq"
• the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful
• a district that has been developed to serve some purpose
  • "such land is practical for small park developments"
• a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess)
• processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible
• (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated
• plural of development
• A group of building complexes or apartments. Often used for low income housing.

Synonyms

developing, development, evolution, exploitation, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny

Antonyms

devolution, nondevelopment