development
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Sense: Noun: process of growth
Synonyms:
growth Collocations, progress Collocations, expansion Collocations, advancement Collocations, burgeoning, flourishing, blooming, blossoming, spread Collocations, evolution, evolving, enlargement, maturing, maturation, augmentation, elaborating, spreading, progressing, perfecting, advancing, headway, broadening, widening, ripening, amplifying, amplification, developing Collocations
Antonyms:
regression, reduction Collocations, decrease Collocations, decay Collocations, decline Collocations, deterioration, worsening, waning, retrogression, reversion, lessening
Sense: Noun: instance of improvement
Synonyms:
improvement Collocations, advancement Collocations, advance Collocations, breakthrough Collocations, step up , upgrade Collocations, leap Collocations
Antonyms:
Sense: Noun: real estate
Synonyms:
complex Collocations, site Collocations, real estate, shopping center, shopping centre , shopping mall, mall Collocations, estate Collocations, property Collocations
Antonyms:
empty lot, open land, undeveloped land, preserve Collocations, reserve Collocations, nature preserve, nature reserve, park Collocations
Sense: Noun: situation - usually plural
Synonyms:
situation Collocations, event Collocations, turn of events, events, occurrence Collocations, happening Collocations, incident Collocations, issue Collocations, circumstance Collocations, matter of course, outcome Collocations, effect Collocations, consequence Collocations, result Collocations, fate Collocations, upshot
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'development' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
action
- advancement
- amplification
- appearance
- augmentation
- breakthrough
- buildup
- complication
- conclusion
- denouement
- discipline
- discovery
- elaboration
- estate
- etymology
- event
- evolution
- expansion
- formation
- growth
- incident
- maturity
- nurturing
- occurrence
- passage
- preparation
- process
- progress
- promotion
- stride
- training
- twist
- upbringing
