CLACHANS Antonyms

• act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining

• a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)

• (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

• a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation

• the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful

• a district that has been developed to serve some purpose

• a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess)

• processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible

• (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated

• a community of people smaller than a village

• the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who hoped to avenge the murder of his father

• a settlement smaller than a town

• a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts

• people living in a large densely populated municipality

• a surrounding or nearby region

• people living near one another

• the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of')

• an area within a city or town that has some distinctive features (especially one forming a community)

• a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government

• a community of people smaller than a town

• a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it

• the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies

• something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making

• an area where a group of families live together

• termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities

• a residential district located on the outskirts of a city

• an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city

• United States architect who was noted for his design and construction of truss bridges (1784-1844)

• the people living in a municipality smaller than a city

• an administrative division of a county

• a community of people smaller than a town

• a mainly residential district of Manhattan; `the Village' became a home for many writers and artists in the 20th century

• a settlement smaller than a town