Collocations for "developing"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "developing" in context.
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developing
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- a developing [country, nation, region]
- [agreements, trade] with developing [countries]
- in the developing world
- still has a developing economy
- a developing [child, teen, fetus]
- a developing sense of [worth, right and wrong, accomplishment]
- jobs in a rapidly developing [field, sector, profession]
- a developing [room, tank, studio] (for photos)
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develop
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- develop a (new) [product, design, concept, theory, strategy, process]
- develop [a test, a new drug, the company, an app]
- [design, research] and develop
- develop and [implement, produce, maintain]
- (further) develop the [plot, story, character]
- develop your skills at [pottery, writing, math]
- develop my skills in [pottery]
- develop the [necessary, required] skills
- develop your [understanding, knowledge] of
- develop your [ideas, opinions] (about)
- develop an [effective, efficient]
- develop a [better, new, more efficient] way to
- developed [jointly, in conjunction] with
- developed to [provide, help, meet, assist, support]
- [funding, money, resources] to develop
- develop an argument [for, against]
- developed [an allergy, the disease, cancer]
- cancer [rapidly, quickly, alarmingly] developed
- the [plot, outline, story] developed
- [clouds, a storm] was developing
- developing into [a woman, a young man, adulthood]
'developing' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
assistance
- attraction
- beneficial
- brain
- countless
- country
- crisis
- cure
- develop
- disease
- drug
- emphasis
- expertise
- feasibility
- focused
- forefront
- goal
- handset
- industry
- infant
- influential
- intelligence
- key
- land
- nation
- particularly
- patch
- pioneer
- rationale
- sanitation
- scientist
- significance
- sore
- symptom
- thunderstorm
- town
- trainee
- useful
- vagina
- weapon
- work
- wrinkle
- youth