Development and First

noun

• Act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining.
  • usage: "he congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency"; "they funded research and development"
• A process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage. )
  • usage: "the development of his ideas took many years"; "the evolution of Greek civilization"; "the slow development of her skill as a writer"
  • synonyms: evolution
• Biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level. (
  • usage: "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"
  • synonyms: growth, growing, maturation, ontogeny, ontogenesis
• A recent event that has some relevance for the present situation.
  • usage: "recent developments in Iraq"; "what a revolting development"
• The act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful.
  • usage: "the development of Alaskan resources"; "the exploitation of copper deposits"
  • synonyms: exploitation
• A district that has been developed to serve some purpose.
  • usage: "such land is practical for small park developments"
• A state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess. )
  • usage: "after he saw the latest development he changed his mind and became a supporter"; "in chess your should take care of your development before moving your queen"
• Processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible.
  • usage: "the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours"
  • synonyms: developing
• Music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated. (.

• (n.) The series of changes which animal and vegetable organisms undergo in their passage from the embryonic state to maturity, from a lower to a higher state of organization.
• (n.) The act or process of changing or expanding an expression into another of equivalent value or meaning.
• (n.) The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method or an image upon a photographic plate; gradual advancement or growth through a series of progressive changes; also, the result of developing or a developed state.
• (n.) The equivalent expression into which another has been developed.
• (n.) The elaboration of a theme or subject; the unfolding of a musical idea; the evolution of a whole piece or movement from a leading theme or motive.

Normally refers to a) improving a product or producing new types of products; or b) in real estate, process of placing improvements on or to a parcel of land.

noun

• The first or highest in an ordering or series.
  • usage: "He wanted to be the first"
  • synonyms: number one
• The first element in a countable series.
  • usage: "the first of the month"
  • synonyms: number one, number 1
• The time at which something is supposed to begin.
  • usage: "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her"
  • synonyms: beginning, commencement, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset
• The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate.
  • synonyms: first base
• An honours degree of the highest class.
  • synonyms: first-class honours degree
• The lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving.
  • synonyms: first gear, low gear, low

adjective

• Preceding all others in time or space or degree.
  • usage: "the first house on the right"; "the first day of spring"; "his first political race"; "her first baby"; "the first time"; "the first meetings of the new party"; "the first phase of his training"
• Indicating the beginning unit in a series.
  • synonyms: 1st
• Serving to set in motion.
  • usage: "the magazine's inaugural issue"; "the initiative phase in the negotiations"; "an initiatory step toward a treaty"; "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress"; "the liner's maiden voyage"
  • synonyms: inaugural, initiative, initiatory, maiden
• Serving to begin.
  • usage: "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the first verse"
  • synonyms: beginning
• Ranking above all others.
  • usage: "was first in her class"; "the foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate"
  • synonyms: foremost, world-class
• Highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections.
  • usage: "first soprano"; "the first violin section"; "played first horn"

adverb

• Before anything else.
  • usage: "first we must consider the garter snake"
  • synonyms: firstly, foremost, first of all, first off
• The initial time.
  • usage: "when Felix first saw a garter snake"
  • synonyms: for the first time
• Before another in time, space, or importance.
  • usage: "I was here first"; "let's do this job first"
• Prominently forward.
  • usage: "he put his best foot foremost"
  • synonyms: foremost

• (a.) Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest; as, Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece.
• (a.) Foremost; in front of or in advance of, all others.
• (adv.) Before any other person or thing in time, space, rank, etc.; -- much used in composition with adjectives and participles.
• (n.) The upper part of a duet, trio, etc., either vocal or instrumental; -- so called because it generally expresses the air, and has a preeminence in the combined effect.
• (a.) Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign.