HOW TO PRONOUNCE
development
/dɪˈvɛləpmənt/
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Make “vel” the strongest syllable.
The second syllable has the clear vowel in bed. Let the following vowels relax, and keep the p and m connected as you move toward the ending.
4 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“The development of the garden took several years.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does development mean?
noun
- The process of developing; growth, directed change.
- The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is produced by the addition of new cells.
- Something which has developed.
More meanings (8)
noun
- A project consisting of one or more commercial or residential buildings.
- The building of such a project.
- The application of new ideas to practical problems (cf. research).
- The active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it.
- The process by in which previous material is transformed and restated.
- The second section of a piece of music in sonata form, in which the original theme is revisited in altered and varying form.
- The expression of a function in the form of a series.
- The processing of photographic film so as to bring out the images latent in it.
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IPA pronunciation
/dɪˈvɛləpmənt/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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Austerity budgets and a lack of trained technicians have undermined the government's ability to implement a number of planned infrastructure development projects.
There were no spectacular acrobatics, such as only the young can perform, but for all-around development they had a most excellent system.
More book examples (3)
The development of Modern Industry, therefore, cuts from under its feet the very foundation on which the bourgeoisie produces and appropriates products.
This idea of a development by secondary causes apart from the original creation was helped in its growth by a theological exigency.
The Chinese have naturally clear, sweet voices, with a tendency to a minor tone, which, with proper training, admit of fair development.