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- pronunciation:
- dih
ve
l
 p
men
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
of, pertaining to, or constituting development.
Our product is still in the developmental stage.Attachment is an important topic in developmental psychology. |
| definition 2: |
occurring in the natural process of an individual's early growth and development.
Autism is a developmental disability.Walking is a developmental milestone. |
| definition 3: |
being under development.
developmental weapons |
| definition 4: |
having the purpose of promoting healthy intellectual or emotional development in a child.
developmental playthings |
(adj.)developmental
+ noun
achievement,
activity,
adolescence,
adolescent,
age,
approach,
aspect,
assessment,
asset,
assistance,
belief,
biologist,
biology,
change,
characteristic,
classroom,
competency,
consideration,
context,
continuum,
counseling,
course,
curriculum,
cycle,
defect,
deficit,
delay,
difference,
difficulty,
disability,
disorder,
domain,
education,
evaluation,
expectation,
factor,
framework,
guidance,
implication,
influence,
intervention,
lag,
lesson,
level,
literature,
mathematics,
mechanism,
milestone,
modality,
model,
need,
orientation,
outcome,
paradigm,
path,
pathway,
pattern,
period,
personality,
perspective,
phase,
potential,
process,
profile,
progress,
progression,
psychologist,
psychology,
readiness,
reading,
screening,
sequence,
skill,
stage,
status,
task,
theorist,
theory,
toxicity,
trajectory,
transition,
trend,
variable,
writing,
youth
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The word developmental
contains the following part:
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
  More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, agricultural, ancestral, annual, arboreal, artificial, astral, bacterial, biblical, biographical, brutal, capital, central, ceremonial, chemical, classical, clinical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continental, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, fluvial, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, guttural, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, ineffectual, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, pastoral, personal, philosophical, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, political, potential, quizzical, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, sacrificial, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, territorial, theatrical, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, veridical, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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