developing

[ dih-vel-uh-ping ]
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adjective
  1. undergoingdevelopment; growing; evolving.

  2. (of a nation or geographical area) having a standard of living or level of industrial production well below that possible with financial or technical aid; not yet highly industrialized: the developing world.

Origin of developing

1
First recorded in 1765–75; develop + -ing2

Other words from developing

  • non·de·vel·op·ing, adjective
  • self-de·vel·op·ing, adjective
  • un·de·vel·op·ing, adjective

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How to use developing in a sentence

  • Meanwhile, another form of imitation is developing, the fashioning of lasting semblances.

    Children's Ways | James Sully
  • And his mind at least was happy in its new sense of expansion and acquisition, its increasing and developing powers.

    Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton
  • Here the legs may have grown the longer, there the arms, the limbs developing in accordance with their degree of employment.

    Man And His Ancestor | Charles Morris
  • "But I do not observe any symptoms of that malady developing themselves at present," added the doctor.

    Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry Wood
  • Their intelligence is of a generalized character, and is capable of developing in new channels.

    Man And His Ancestor | Charles Morris