developing
adjective/dɪˈveləpɪŋ/
/dɪˈveləpɪŋ/
[only before noun]- (of a country, society, etc.) poor, and trying to make its industry and economic system more advanced
- developing countries/nations/economies
- People in many developing countries are free of forms of cancer that are common in the West.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDeveloping is used with these nouns:- bud
- country
- economy
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