noun
1 developing sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ full
▪
School should encourage the full ~ of a student's talents.
▪ gradual
▪ rapid
▪ accelerated
▪ continued , ongoing
▪ arrested
▪ sustainable
▪
The agency supports and promotes sustainable economic ~.
▪ healthy , normal
▪ abnormal
▪ commercial , economic , industrial , socio-economic
▪ evolutionary , historical
▪ regional
▪ community , rural , suburban , urban
▪
community ~ projects
▪ human
▪ brain , cell , etc.
▪ artistic , cognitive , educational , emotional , intellectual , language , linguistic , moral , personal , physical , professional , psychological , sexual , social , spiritual
▪
There is tremendous opportunity for personal and professional ~ at our company.
▪ product , software , Web , website
▪ drug , vaccine
▪ business
▪ curriculum
▪ adolescent , child
▪ property ( esp. BrE ), real estate ( AmE )
VERB + DEVELOPMENT
▪ aid , allow , assist , encourage , enhance , facilitate , favour/favor , foster , permit , promote , spur , stimulate , support
▪
Education stimulates the ~ of rational thinking.
▪
A group of experts has been brought together to support the ~ of the project.
▪ accelerate , speed up
▪
Environmental factors can accelerate the ~ of certain cancers.
▪ initiate , pioneer
▪ guide , influence , shape
▪
He influenced the ~ of modern dance.
▪ affect , impact ( esp. AmE )
▪ arrest , delay , discourage , halt , hamper , hinder , impede , inhibit , prevent , restrict , retard , slow
▪
Too much emphasis on memorizing facts can inhibit the ~ of creative thinking.
▪ undergo
▪
The city has undergone rapid ~.
▪ finance
▪
The company went deep into debt to finance the ~ of the engine.
▪ lead , monitor , oversee , spearhead
▪
A UN team is monitoring the ~ of the peace process.
▪ trace , track
▪
In the opening chapter, the author traces the ~ of judo from its ancient roots.
DEVELOPMENT + VERB
▪ occur , take place
▪ continue , progress
DEVELOPMENT + NOUN
▪ initiative , plan , programme/program , project , scheme ( BrE ), strategy
▪ aid , assistance
▪ tool
▪ efforts , work
▪
The invention requires more ~ work to make it viable.
▪ process
▪
the lengthy ~ process of a new model of car
▪ phase
▪ cycle
▪
the three-year ~ cycle of their products
▪ budget , capital , fund , grant
▪ costs , expenditure
▪ agency , company , firm , organization
▪ committee , department , office
▪ consultant , director , expert , manager , officer , team
▪ opportunity
PREPOSITION
▪ during ~
▪
Cell divisions during ~ occur in a fixed sequence.
▪ in ~
▪
A more powerful version of this electric bus is currently in ~.
▪ under ~
▪
A new vaccine is under ~.
PHRASES
▪ research and ~
▪
I do a lot of research and ~ work in my job.
▪ a stage in the ~ of sth
▪
an important stage in the ~ of Sino-American relations
▪ a stage of ~
▪
This is a perfectly normal stage of ~.
2 new event/idea
ADJECTIVE
▪ exciting , important , major , radical , remarkable , significant , striking
▪ the latest , new , recent
▪ logical
▪
The move from TV to movies was a logical ~ in her career.
▪ unexpected
▪ welcome
▪ positive
▪ political , scientific , technical , technological
DEVELOPMENT + VERB
▪ occur , take place , unfold
▪
the significant ~s taking place in the health service
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ in
▪
new ~s in medicine
3 area of new buildings
ADJECTIVE
▪ housing , residential
▪ business , commercial
▪ ribbon ( BrE )
▪
Ribbon ~s (= lines of buildings) extended along the main road.
▪ mixed-use
▪
The building plans are for a mixed-use ~.