- A new stage - Expansion - Growth - Improvement - The act of developing or disclosing that which is
unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as
a plan or method, or an image upon a photographic plate; gradual
advancement or growth through a series of progressive changes; also,
the result of developing, or a developed state. - The series of changes which animal and vegetable
organisms undergo in their passage from the embryonic state to
maturity, from a lower to a higher state of organization. - The act or process of changing or expanding an
expression into another of equivalent value or meaning.