#development  act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining; "he congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency"; "they funded research and development"
  supertype:  improvement  the act of improving something: "their improvements increased the value of the property"
  subtype:  progress__advancement  gradual improvement or growth or development: "advancement of knowledge"; "great progress in the arts"; "their research and development gave them an advantage"
     subtype:  furtherance__forwarding__promotion  the advancement of some enterprise; "his experience in marketing resulted in the forwarding of his career"
     subtype:  stride  significant progress (especially in the phrase "make strides" or "make rapid strides")
     subtype:  workflow  progress (or rate of progress) in work being done
  subtype:  broadening  the action of making broader; "the broadening of travel"
  subtype:  working_out__workingout__elaboration  developing in intricate and painstaking detail
  subtype:  product_development__productdevelopment  improving an existing product or developing new kinds of products

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