financial aid given by developed countries to promote the development of underdeveloped or developing countries.

activities that improve one's abilities

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cluster, development. / A housing development built under a cluster zoning ordinance.

plural of arrested development

A concept developed by Soviet psychologist and social constructivist Lev Vygotsky: the difference between what a learner can do without help and what he or she can do with help.

(software engineering) A software development process that relies on the repetition of a minimal development cycle where the developer writes an (initially failing) automated test case that defines a desired improvement or new function, then produces the minimum amount of code to pass that test, and finally refactors the new code to acceptable standards.

plural of disorder of sex development

A medical condition whereby the development of chromosomal or anatomical sex is in some way atypical; an intersex condition.

(historical) Any of a set of eight international development goals established by the United Nations in 2000, scheduled to be achieved by 2015.

plural of Millennium Development Goal