DEVELOPMENTS Synonyms

• a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)

• (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms

• (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 progression from simpler to more complex forms

• a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important

• vegetation that has grown

• the gradual beginning or coming forth

• (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)

• something grown or growing

• encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something

• the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

• gradual improvement or growth or development

• the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope

• a function expressed as a sum or product of terms

• a discussion that provides additional information

• adding information or detail

• a change for the better; progress in development

• the act of improving something

• a condition superior to an earlier condition

• a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation

• the creation of something in the mind

• the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new

• making modern in appearance or behavior

• a modernized version (as of a play)

• gradual improvement or growth or development

• the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

• a movement forward

• develop in a positive way

• move forward, also in the metaphorical sense

• form or accumulate steadily

• encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something

• the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

• gradual improvement or growth or development

• a productive insight

• making an important discovery

• a penetration of a barrier such as an enemy's defense

• an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another

• a relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event

• the action of changing something

• the result of alteration or modification

• the balance of money received when the amount you tender is greater than the amount due

• a thing that is different

• a different or fresh set of clothes

• coins of small denomination regarded collectively

• money received in return for its equivalent in a larger denomination or a different currency

• a difference that is usually pleasant

• cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

• undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature

• become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence

• lay aside, abandon, or leave for another

• change clothes; put on different clothes

• exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category

• give to, and receive from, one another

• change from one vehicle or transportation line to another

• become deeper in tone

• remove or replace the coverings of

• the act of discovering something

• something that is discovered

• a productive insight

• (law) compulsory pretrial disclosure of documents relevant to a case; enables one side in a litigation to elicit information from the other side concerning the facts in the case

• an improvement that makes something more agreeable

• vertical space available to allow easy passage under something

• forward movement

• a qualitative change

• (mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system

• a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure

• (genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA

• the act of changing in form or shape or appearance

• the act of passing from one state or place to the next

• an event that results in a transformation

• a change from one place or state or subject or stage to another

• a musical passage moving from one key to another

• a passage that connects a topic to one that follows

• cause to convert or undergo a transition

• make or undergo a transition (from one state or system to another)

• information or data that updates

• the act of bringing someone or something up to date

• modernize or bring up to date

• bring up to date; supply with recent information

• bring to the latest state of technology or supply with the latest data

• processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible

• relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply

• the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful

• an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly)