developed
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2.7
- adjective
- /dɪˈvɛləpt/
:
desarrollado
- Our average lifespan is 78 in developed nations.
- developed countries
- developed world
- developed nations
It was so interesting, very developed, just like Tehran is.
- It was so interesting, very developed, just like Tehran is.
- And here in other developed countries, we're lagging behind.
- And so even those are necessities in, in developed countries.
- What about in the OECD countries or the developed world?
- Our GDP future is really low, lower than some of them less developed European countries.
- You know, so first world, third world is the thing that you're sold in developed nations is that you have everything.
Examples
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The other factor undermining middle-class incomes in developed countries is globalization.
Academic text (2012) -
Gruber says the United States is well behind other developed nations in adopting workplace privacy legislation.
Academic text (2008) -
This is not an issue of developed countries only.
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Nor is free trade all that is needed to help Mexico enter the developed world.
Academic text (2008) -
Sovereign debt management has gone through important changes in both developed and developing countries.
Academic text (2008) -
The status of environmental education outside the developed countries is far lower than desirable.
Academic text (1993) -
The blood supply in developed countries, therefore, appears to be largely adequate.
Academic text (2013) -
In more recent decades, however, electoral divisions in developed countries have moved away from class lines.
Academic text (1992) -
In the United States and other developed nations, economic disparities in health are dramatic.
Academic text (2011) -
The United States is considered one of the most advanced economies in the developed world.
Synonyms
379
4.0
At a very high level of skill, knowledge, or development
20
4.0
A country or area with many factories that make goods
4
3.9
A country or society with advanced industry, economy, and technology
Antonyms
Compounds
How Developed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Developed comes from the same 'bring out' idea, with de- 'un-' and a part related to envelope ('to wrap'), so to develop is to 'unfold' into a fuller state. That's why a developed country is one that has grown and 'unfolded' into a high level of industry and standard of living.