developing

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.

Derived terms

• developing country
• undeveloping

Translations

of a country

Armenian: զարգացող (zargacʻoġ) Bikol Central: nag-uurag Chinese: Mandarin: 發展的 / 发展的 (zh) (fāzhǎn de), 發展中 / 发展中 (zh) (fāzhǎnzhōng) Czech: rozvojový (cs) m Finnish: kehittyvä (fi), kehitys- (fi) (see: kehitysmaa) French: en développement German: entwickelnd (de), Entwicklungs- (de) Greek: αναπτυσσόμενη (el) f (anaptyssómeni) Hungarian: fejlődő (hu) Indonesian: berkembang (id) Italian: in via di sviluppo Japanese: 発展途上 (はってんとじょう, hatten-tojō) Macedonian: во развој (vo razvoj) Malay: sedang membangun Portuguese: em desenvolvimento Russian: развива́ющийся (ru) (razvivájuščijsja) Spanish: en vías de desarrollo Tagalog: papaunlad Turkish: gelişmekte olan

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?