Anagrams of: PREDEVELOPMENT

• the act of improving by renewing and restoring

• 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

• Alternative form of développé

• a high bid that is intended to prevent the opposing players from bidding

• acquire for oneself before others can do so

• take the place of or have precedence over

• gain possession of by prior right or opportunity, especially so as to obtain the right to buy (land)

• make a preemptive bid in the game of bridge

• someone who develops real estate (especially someone who prepares a site for residential or commercial use)

• photographic equipment consisting of a chemical solution for developing film

• enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering

• develop for a second time, in order to improve the contrast, colour, etc., of a negative or print

• formulate or develop again, of an improved theory or hypothesis

• change the plans for the use of (land)

• keep from happening or arising; make impossible

• stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state