developing

Other forms of developing

plural

developings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about developing

What does developing mean?

developing means "processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in developing?

developing has 4 syllables: de-vel-o-ping. The stress falls on "vel". In IPA it is /dɪˈvɛləpɪŋ/.

What is another word for developing?

Close synonyms include development, underdeveloped. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is developing a common word?

developing is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with developing?

1 word rhymes with developing. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.