developmental
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4.4
- adjective
- /dɪˈvɛləpməntəl/
- Specialized
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del desarrollo
- Portia, we're a new developmental school, and we have our first graduating class this year.
- a developmental disability
- developmental education
- developmental psychology
And so with this piece of work, developmental timing was laid out.
- And so with this piece of work, developmental timing was laid out.
- My daughter lost some critical developmental moments, Like what?
- So there's the kind of developmental change that happens in an individual.
- We put masks on children which literally disrupted their normal developmental processes.
- But there's also grief of that significant developmental window.
- That is a sort of coming of age or developmental novel of something that we call spirit.
- That's completely contrary to the dogma of developmental biology.
- That that messes with a kids developmental process, attachment issues.
- They needed to go play with people their size with their same developmental stage and they needed to make friends.
- And, and, and that progression has transcended obviously to the developmental phase of humans and young adults.
- So OK, can my child perform the kind of tasks of their developmental stage?
- They have the same genome, but they're the developmental timing can alter the traits that we see.
- It was like developmental support and preschool and all sorts of good things.
Examples
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Two intake workers reported that they had worked in the developmental disability field prior to working in CPS.
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The findings from this study suggest that children with developmental disabilities are not being regularly identified by CPS.
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Miles may have developmental issues, but he is still my son.
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Um, now, I meant to tell you, the Smart Blood program is obviously still in its developmental phase.
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Communication was a concern for assessment workers when conducting interviews with children with developmental disabilities.
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Many interactive stories based on well-known print materials are designed with specific developmental levels in mind.
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CPS workers are ideally placed to identify children in need of developmental services.
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The Atlas robot is still in its developmental stage and needs a human being to program it and make sure it carries out its orders.
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Communication between CPS investigators and children with developmental disabilities can be a major challenge.
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Today, parents can trace the different developmental stages for the critical years zero to three.
Synonyms
Relates to natural physical and mental growth toward adulthood
Relating to the development of an animal or plant from birth to adulthood
Continuing to change or develop slowly over time
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.0
The study of how children and teenagers change and grow socially and emotionally over time
- Specialized
The age at which most children reach a certain skill, like walking or talking
- Specialized
Study of how an animal or human body grows and changes from a single cell to adulthood
How Developed
Surface Forms
Morphology
developmental = development (transparent) = develop + ment + al
The adjective is transparently formed from the noun 'development' with the suffix '-al', meaning 'relating to development'.
Etymology
Developmental comes from develop, which once meant 'to unwrap' or 'unfold', like opening an envelope. So developmental describes how something grows or changes through stages.