how to pronounce development

/dɪˈvɛləpmənt/

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development is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of development in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… we're beating down the development so …”

meanings of development

noun:

The active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it.
The building of such a project.
The process by in which previous material is transformed and restated.
Something which has developed.
The application of new ideas to practical problems (cf. research).
The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is produced by the addition of new cells.
The second section of a piece of music in sonata form, in which the original theme is revisited in altered and varying form.
A project consisting of one or more commercial or residential buildings.
The process of developing; growth, directed change.
The expression of a function in the form of a series.

development frequency in english - A2 level of CEFR

the word development occurs in english on average 89 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics development can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that development can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) education, science, and technology;

3) leisure and entertainment;