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Meaning of Develop in English

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Develop

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Verb

1. develop

make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation

Example Sentences:
'Her company developed a new kind of building material that withstands all kinds of weather'
'They developed a new technique'

2. develop, evolve, germinate

work out

Example Sentences:
'We have developed a new theory of evolution'

3. acquire, develop, evolve

gain through experience

Example Sentences:
'I acquired a strong aversion to television'
'Children must develop a sense of right and wrong'
'Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position'
'develop a passion for painting'

4. acquire, develop, get, grow, produce

come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)

Example Sentences:
'He grew a beard'
'The patient developed abdominal pains'
'I got funny spots all over my body'
'Well-developed breasts'

5. arise, develop, grow, originate, rise, spring up, uprise

come into existence; take on form or shape

Example Sentences:
'A new religious movement originated in that country'
'a love that sprang up from friendship'
'the idea for the book grew out of a short story'
'An interesting phenomenon uprose'

6. build up, develop

change the use of and make available or usable

Example Sentences:
'develop land'
'The country developed its natural resources'
'The remote areas of the country were gradually built up'

7. develop, explicate, formulate

elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses

Example Sentences:
'Could you develop the ideas in your thesis'

8. develop, educate, prepare, train

create by training and teaching

Example Sentences:
'The old master is training world-class violinists'
'we develop the leaders for the future'

9. develop

be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest

Example Sentences:
'The plot developed slowly'

10. develop

grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment

Example Sentences:
'A flower developed on the branch'
'The country developed into a mighty superpower'
'The embryo develops into a fetus'
'This situation has developed over a long time'

11. develop, modernise, modernize

become technologically advanced

Example Sentences:
'Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace'
'Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly'

12. develop, make grow

cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development

Example Sentences:
'The perfect climate here develops the grain'
'He developed a new kind of apple'

13. develop

generate gradually

Example Sentences:
'We must develop more potential customers'
'develop a market for the new mobile phone'

14. develop, grow

grow emotionally or mature

Example Sentences:
'The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten'
'When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behavior'

15. develop

make visible by means of chemical solutions

Example Sentences:
'Please develop this roll of film for me'

16. develop

superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry

17. develop

move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions

Example Sentences:
'Spassky developed quickly'

18. develop

move into a strategically more advantageous position

Example Sentences:
'develop the rook'

19. develop

elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme

Example Sentences:
'develop the melody and change the key'

20. break, develop, recrudesce

happen

Example Sentences:
'Report the news as it develops'
'These political movements recrudesce from time to time'

21. develop

expand in the form of a series

Example Sentences:
'Develop the function in the following form'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Develop

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verb
1. 
to come or bring to a later or more advanced or expanded stage; grow or cause to grow gradually
2. (transitive)
to elaborate or work out in detail
3. 
to disclose or unfold (thoughts, a plot, etc) gradually or (of thoughts, etc) to be gradually disclosed or unfolded
4. 
to come or bring into existence; generate or be generated
he developed a new faith in God
5. (intransitive; often foll by from)
to follow as a result (of); ensue (from)
a row developed following the chairman's remarks
6. (transitive)
to contract (a disease or illness)
7. (transitive)
to improve the value or change the use of (land), as by building
8. (transitive)
to exploit or make available the natural resources of (a country or region)
9. (transitive) photography
a. 
to treat (film, plate, or paper previously exposed to light, or the latent image in such material) with chemical solutions in order to produce a visible image
b. 
to process (photographic material) in order to produce negatives and prints
10. biology
to progress or cause to progress from simple to complex stages in the growth of an individual or the evolution of a species
11. (transitive)
to elaborate upon (a musical theme) by varying the melody, key, etc
12. (transitive) mathematics
to expand (a function or expression) in the form of a series
13. (transitive) geometry
to project or roll out (a surface) onto a plane without stretching or shrinking any element
14. chess
to bring (a piece) into play from its initial position on the back rank
15. (transitive) obsolete
to disclose or reveal

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Develop

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verb intransitive
3. 
to come into being or activity; occur or happen
4. 
to become larger, fuller, better, etc.; grow or evolve, esp. by natural processes
5.  US
to become known or apparent; be disclosed
6. 
to progress economically, socially, and politically from an underdeveloped condition
the developing nations
verb transitive
1.  to cause to grow gradually in some way
a. 
to build up or expand (a business, industry, etc.)
b. 
to make stronger or more effective; strengthen (muscles)
c. 
to bring (something latent or hypothetical) into activity or reality
d. 
to cause (one's personality, a bud, etc.) to unfold or evolve gradually
e. 
to make (housing, highways, etc.) more available or extensive
f.  Chess
to position (chessmen or a chessman) strategically in the early stages of a game
g.  Music
to elaborate (a theme) as by rhythmic or melodic changes
h.  Photography
a. 
to immerse (an exposed film, plate, or printing paper) in various chemical solutions in order to make the picture visible
b. 
to make (a picture) visible by doing this
2.  to show or work out by degrees
a. 
to make (a theme or plot) known gradually
b. 
to explain more clearly; enlarge upon
c.  Geometry
to change the form of (a surface); esp., to flatten out (a curved surface)
d.  Ancient Mathematics
to work out in detail or expand (a function or expression)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Develop

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v. de·vel·oped, de·vel·op·ing, de·vel·ops
v.tr.
1. To bring from latency to or toward fulfillment: an instructor who develops the capabilities of each student.
2.
a. To expand or enlarge: developed a national corporation into a worldwide business.
b. To aid in the growth of; strengthen: exercises that develop muscles.
c. To improve the quality of; refine: develops his recipes to perfection; an extra year of study to develop virtuosic technique.
3.
a. To cause to become more complex or intricate; add detail and fullness to; elaborate: began with a good premise but developed it without imagination.
b. Music To elaborate (a theme) with rhythmic and harmonic variations.
4.
a. To bring into being gradually: develop a new cottage industry.
b. To set forth or clarify by degrees: developed her thesis in a series of articles.
5.
a. To come to have gradually; acquire: develop a taste for opera; develop a friendship.
b. To become affected with; contract: developed a rash; developed agoraphobia.
6. To cause gradually to acquire a specific role, function, or form, as:
a. To influence the behavior of toward a specific end: an investigator who develops witnesses through flattery and intimidation.
b. To cause (a tract of land or a building) to serve a particular purpose: developed the site as a community of condominiums.
c. To make available and effective to fulfill a particular end or need: develop the state's water resources to serve a growing population.
d. To convert or transform: developed the play into a movie.
7. Games To move (a chess piece) to or toward a more strategic position.
8.
a. To process (a photosensitive medium such as exposed film) in order to produce a photographic image.
b. To produce (a photographic image) by use of a photosensitive medium or by printing from a digital file.
v.intr.
1.
a. To grow by degrees into a more advanced or mature state: With hard work, she developed into a great writer.
b. To increase or expand: Sales developed until we needed a bigger warehouse.
c. To improve; advance: Their skill developed until it rivaled their teacher's.
2. To come gradually into existence or activity: Tension developed between students and faculty.
3. To come gradually to light; be disclosed: reports the news as it develops.
4. Biology
a. To progress from earlier to later stages of a life cycle: Caterpillars develop into butterflies.
b. To progress from earlier to later stages of evolution: Mammals developed during the Mesozoic Era.
c. To acquire secondary sex characteristics. Used especially of a girl.

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