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flourish:Business flourished and within six months they were earning 18,000 roubles a day.

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result:Ignore the early warnings and illness could result.

arise:…if a problem arises later in the pregnancy.

ensue:A brief but embarrassing silence ensued.

come about:That came about when we went to Glastonbury last year.

de|vel|oped /d I ve ləpt/ ADJ If you talk about developed countries or the developed world, you mean the countries or the parts of the world that are wealthy and have many industries. □  This scarcity is inevitable in less developed countries.

de|vel|op|er /d I ve ləpə ^r / (developers )

1 N‑COUNT A developer is a person or a company that buys land and builds houses, offices, shops, or factories on it, or buys existing buildings and makes them more modern. [BUSINESS ] □  …common land which would have a high commercial value if sold to developers.

2 N‑COUNT A developer is someone who develops something such as an idea, a design, or a product. □ [+ of ] John Bardeen was also co-developer of the theory of superconductivity.

de|vel|op|ing /d I ve ləp I ŋ/ ADJ [ADJ n] If you talk about developing countries or the developing world, you mean the countries or the parts of the world that are poor and have few industries. □  In the developing world cigarette consumption is increasing.

de|vel|op|ment ◆◆◆ /d I ve ləpmənt/ (developments )

1 N‑UNCOUNT Development is the gradual growth or formation of something. □ [+ of ] …an ideal system for studying the development of the embryo.

2 N‑UNCOUNT Development is the growth of something such as a business or an industry. [BUSINESS ] □  Education is central to a country's economic development. [Also + of ]

3 N‑VAR Development is the process or result of making a basic design gradually better and more advanced. □  We are spending $850m on research and development.

4 N‑UNCOUNT Development is the process of making an area of land or water more useful or profitable. □ [+ of ] The talks will focus on economic development of the region.

5 N‑COUNT A development is an event or incident which has recently happened and is likely to have an effect on the present situation. □  Police said there had been a significant development in the case.

6 N‑COUNT A development is an area of houses or buildings which have been built by property developers. COLLOCATIONS development NOUN

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noun + development : career, character; language

adjective + development : personal, professional

2

noun + development : business, property

adjective + development : commercial, economic, sustainable

verb + development : encourage, promote, support

3

noun + development : product, software

adjective + development : industrial, technological; exciting

4

adjective + development : economic, rural, urban

5

adjective + development : interesting, major, recent, significant

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noun + development : housing

adjective + development : residential SYNONYMS development NOUN

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growth:The area has seen a rapid population growth.

increase:…a sharp increase in productivity.

expansion:The company has abandoned plans for further expansion.

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event:…in the wake of recent events in Europe.

incident:These incidents were the latest in a series of disputes.

occurrence:The food queues have become a daily occurrence across the country.