DEVELOPING
Dictionary entry overview: What does developing mean?
• DEVELOPING (noun)
The noun DEVELOPING has 1 sense:
1. processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible
Familiarity information: DEVELOPING used as a noun is very rare.
• DEVELOPING (adjective)
The adjective DEVELOPING has 3 senses:
1. relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply
2. gradually unfolding or growing (especially as of something latent)
3. making or becoming visible through or as if through the action of a chemical agent
Familiarity information: DEVELOPING used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• DEVELOPING (noun)
Meaning:
Processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
developing; development
Context example:
the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours
Hypernyms ("developing" is a kind of...):
processing (preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "developing"):
underdevelopment ((photography) inadequate processing of film resulting in inadequate contrast)
• DEVELOPING (adjective)
Meaning:
Relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply
Synonyms:
developing; underdeveloped
Similar:
nonindustrial (not having highly developed manufacturing enterprises)
Meaning:
Gradually unfolding or growing (especially as of something latent)
Classified under:
Participial adjectives
Context examples:
his developing social conscience / after the long winter they took joy in the developing warmth of spring
Participle:
develop (grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment)
Meaning:
Making or becoming visible through or as if through the action of a chemical agent
Classified under:
Participial adjectives
Context example:
he watched as the developing photograph became clearer and sharper
Participle:
develop (make visible by means of chemical solutions)
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