Collocations for "development"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "development" in context.
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development
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [sexual, physical, fetal, child, adolescent] development
- [personal, self, artistic, musical, sporting] development
- [economic, political, community, urban] development
- career development is [important, essential]
- arrested development
- the stages of a child's development
- [bones, wings, feet] reach full development at
- working [on, towards] the development of
- [researching, investigating, monitoring] the development of
- the development of new [treatments, procedures, products]
- the development of [talks, negotiations, nuclear weapons, the peace process]
- the development and [implementation, management] of
- no development has been [made, reported]
- haven't been any [new, further] developments
- is [currently, still] in development
- are [watching, reporting on] the development of the [shooting, accident, elections]
- have a development [meeting, day, plan]
- the development status
- development tools
- is part of the development process
- a development [team, program, center]
'development' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
acquisition
- advance
- advancement
- advocate
- agency
- alarm
- alloy
- arrest
- begin
- blow
- cancer
- career
- character
- cognitive
- committed
- community
- competence
- concept
- constrain
- contribution
- cramp
- curtail
- dedication
- delayed
- design
- discourage
- disrupt
- disturb
- document
- drive
- dwarf
- early
- economic
- educational
- enable
- engaged
- environment
- facilitate
- formation
- foster
- foundation
- fund
- further
- future
- gauge
- grant
- growth
- hamper
- handicap
- haphazard