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?