1. development

noun. ['dɪˈvɛləpmənt'] a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage).

Rhymes with Housing And Urban Development

• underdevelopment
• redevelopment

2. development

noun. ['dɪˈvɛləpmənt'] act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining.

3. development

noun. ['dɪˈvɛləpmənt'] (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.

4. development

noun. ['dɪˈvɛləpmənt'] a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation.

5. development

noun. ['dɪˈvɛləpmənt'] a district that has been developed to serve some purpose.

6. development

noun. ['dɪˈvɛləpmənt'] the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful.

7. development

noun. ['dɪˈvɛləpmənt'] a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess).

8. housing

noun. ['ˈhaʊzɪŋ'] structures collectively in which people are housed.

9. housing

noun. ['ˈhaʊzɪŋ'] stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse.

10. urban

adjective. ['ˈɝːbən'] located in or characteristic of a city or city life.