What is the synonym of development in this context?

[goodboybkk]

Today's weddings are becoming bigger and more expensive than they used to be in the past.
Is it a positive or negative development?
What is the synonym of development in this context?

 

[tedmc]

Situation.

 

[goodboybkk]

According to

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english-thesaurus/development

Item number 3
Does development also mean event, happening?

 

[Tarheel]

In this case it's a type of change. It's something that happened.

 

[Tarheel]

I might have phrased that more simply. (See below.)

Weddings are becoming bigger and more expensive. Is that a good thing or a bad thing?

 

[tedmc]

I don't think there is an exacted synonym for it. A development is something that evolves over time. A situation is the state it is in at a particular point in time.

 

[jutfrank]

Here, development means something like 'change of situation'.

 

[emsr2d2]

I don't think there is an exacted exact synonym for it.