developing

Etymology

verb

1. present participle and gerund of develop

adj

1. In the process of development.
   a developing foetus
2. Of a country: becoming economically more mature or advanced; becoming industrialized.

noun

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? 1854, John Campbell, editor, The Christian witness and church members' magazine