de·vel·op·ing

(dĭ-vĕl′ə-pĭng)

adj.

Having a relatively low level of industrial capability, technological sophistication, and economic productivity: studied the economies of developing nations.

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de•vel•op•ing

(dɪˈvɛl ə pɪŋ)

adj.

(of a nation or geographical area) not yet highly industrialized.

[1765–75]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	developing - processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible; "the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours" development processing - preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure; "the processing of newly arrived immigrants"; "the processing of ore to obtain minerals" underdevelopment - (photography) inadequate processing of film resulting in inadequate contrast
Adj.	1.	developing - relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply underdeveloped nonindustrial - not having highly developed manufacturing enterprises; "a nonindustrial society"

Translations

crescente

developing

[dɪˈveləpɪŋ]

A. ADJ [country] → en (vías de) desarrollo; [crisis, storm] → que se avecina

B. N (Phot) → revelado m

C. CPD developing bath N → baño m de revelado

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

developing

[dɪˈvɛləpɪŋ] adj [world] → en voie de développement developing countrydeveloping country n → pays m en voie de développement

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

developing

adj crisis, storm → aufkommend; industry → neu entstehend; interest → wachsend; foetus, embryo → sich entwickelnd; society, economy → sich entwickelnd; the developing world → die Entwicklungsländer pl

= development a, d

(Phot) → Entwickeln nt

developing

developing bath

n → Entwicklerbad nt

developing country

n → Entwicklungsland nt

developing tank

n → Entwicklerschale f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

developing

[dɪˈvɛləpɪŋ]

1. adj (industry) → in via di sviluppo; (crisis, storm) → che sta per scoppiare, imminente

2. n (Phot) → sviluppo

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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References in classic literature

The unceasing improvement of machinery, ever more rapidly developing, makes their livelihood more and more precarious; the collisions between individual workmen and individual bourgeois take more and more the character of collisions between two classes.

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* Rockefeller began as a member of the proletariat, and through thrift and cunning succeeded in developing the first perfect trust, namely that known as Standard Oil.

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Down the warm stream from the pool floated the countless billions of eggs and tadpoles, developing as they drifted slowly toward the sea.

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Now the saving of a large and complex structure, when rendered superfluous by the parasitic habits of the Proteolepas, though effected by slow steps, would be a decided advantage to each successive individual of the species; for in the struggle for life to which every animal is exposed, each individual Proteolepas would have a better chance of supporting itself, by less nutriment being wasted in developing a structure now become useless.

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Whether they understand it or not the fact however remains, that taste and temperament have, to a certain extent been created in the public, and that the public is capable of developing these qualities.

It is only fair to state, however, that the extraordinary success of the revolution in house-decoration and furniture and the like has not really been due to the majority of the public developing a very fine taste in such matters.

A Russian who lives happily under the present system of government in Russia must either believe that man has no soul, or that, if he has, it is not worth developing. A Nihilist who rejects all authority, because he knows authority to be evil, and welcomes all pain, because through that he realises his personality, is a real Christian.

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It is thus that, little by little, developing always in sympathy with the cathedral, living there, sleeping there, hardly ever leaving it, subject every hour to the mysterious impress, he came to resemble it, he incrusted himself in it, so to speak, and became an integral part of it.

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Summary: The Paris talks raise little hope of a consensus on climate change with developed nations remaining non-committal on cutting greenhouse gas emissions and developing nations refusing to give up.

Paris Heats Up in Final Week

Summary: The powerful OPEC cartel's top official on Tuesday called for the developed world to fund the fight against climate change, saying the developing world was not responsible for the current "mess".

OPEC Chief: Rich World should Pay for Climate 'MessAAE

DLA and its alliance partners are also developing improved processes and automation to enhance joint collaborative forecasting.

Defense Supply Center Richmond develops supply chain alliances