developing

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪˈvɛl.ə.pɪŋ/
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  • Hyphenation: de‧vel‧op‧ing

Verb

developing

  1. present participle and gerund of develop

Adjective

developing

  1. In the process of development.
    a developing foetus
  2. Of a country: becoming economically more mature or advanced; becoming industrialized.

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Noun

developing (plural developings)

  1. A process of development.
    • 1854, John Campbell, editor, The Christian witness and church members' magazine:
      In the developings of an inscrutable Providence, the kingdoms of the earth have become embroiled, and who can say where the complication will terminate?