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More developed vs greatly developed

Both 'more developed' and 'greatly developed' are correct phrases, but they are used in different contexts. 'More developed' is commonly used to compare the level of development between two or more things, while 'greatly developed' emphasizes a significant degree of development without necessarily comparing it to something else.

Last updated: March 26, 2024 • 1031 views

More developed

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to compare the level of development between two or more things.

Use 'more developed' when you want to indicate that something has a higher level of development compared to another thing or things.

Examples:

  • This city is more developed than the rural areas nearby.
  • Her language skills are more developed than her peers'.
  • The new software is more developed than the previous version.

Alternatives:

  • less developed
  • equally developed
  • most developed
  • highly developed
  • better developed

greatly developed

This phrase is correct but less commonly used in comparison to 'more developed'. It emphasizes a significant degree of development without necessarily comparing it to something else.

Use 'greatly developed' when you want to highlight a substantial or remarkable level of development without the need for a direct comparison.

Examples:

  • The city has become greatly developed over the past decade.
  • Her skills in painting are greatly developed.
  • The technology sector in the country is greatly developed.
  • In some Member States, the potential for olive oil production has greatly developed over the last few years and we can now see that, due to this development, the COM is no longer suitable.
  • We have a huge amount of unfinished business in that area of competence which is greatly developed but still not finished, namely the harmonization or the further approximation, to be more exact, of indirect taxation, like VAT and excise.
  • promoting the exchange of good practice at EU level, including by facilitating exchanges between local authorities that have greatly developed literacy strategies.
  • That would completely revolutionise the current system by which European funds are organised and the procedure for obtaining them, and would greatly affect intermediately developed states such as the Czech Republic.
  • National laws and PPP use have developed greatly in Europe
  • With reference to the situation in my own country, I note that this type of relationship between the French Court of Auditors and the Parliament has developed greatly over the past few years.
  • 2. National laws and PPP use have developed greatly in Europe
  • Our liquefied gas infrastructure, he said, must be greatly expanded and pipeline systems developed from alternative sources and through alternative routings.
  • It was a lizard back in prehistoric times... who developed an outside digit of the forelimb which became greatly order to support a winged membrane.
  • For example, New Zealand has developed special animal feeds, which are contributing greatly to limiting carbon dioxide emissions.
  • In addition, the war in Kosovo has greatly influenced the way in which the German Presidency has developed.
  • Putting European industry is a situation which is greatly disproportional to that of other developed economies would be a mistake for the economy and of little use in ecological terms.
  • It is time we understood, on a more universal scale than just Europe, that the development of the less developed countries is starting to differentiate very greatly.
  • The criminal law in force in the various Member States differs greatly as regards action to combat counterfeiting, since it is highly developed in certain countries and significantly less so in others.
  • The environment's resistance has been greatly reduced by industrial activity both in the developed world and in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe.
  • This approach has built on and further developed the existing institutional framework (avoiding the establishment of separate institutions) and greatly facilitated the setting-up of the ECB as an organisation which is independent vis-à-vis the Member States and the Community bodies.
  • The benefits of this initiative for the least-developed countries would be greatly enhanced if the other industrial countries, as well as the larger trading nations among the developing countries, were to make a similar gesture.

Alternatives:

  • highly developed
  • extensively developed
  • significantly developed
  • remarkably developed
  • vastly developed

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