developing

1. 1

   present participle and gerund of developform-ofgerundparticiple

1. 1

   In the process of development.

   • a developing foetus
2. 2

   Of a country: becoming economically more mature or advanced; becoming industrialized.

syn. dawning

1. 1

   A process of development.

   • In the developings of an inscrutable Providence, the kingdoms of the earth have become embroiled, and who can say where the complication will terminate?