develop

Verb

• expand in the form of a series
  • Develop the function in the following form
    

• happen
  • Report the news as it develops
    
  • These political movements recrudesce from time to time
    

• elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme
  • develop the melody and change the key
    

• move into a strategically more advantageous position
  • develop the rook
    

• move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions
  • Spassky developed quickly
    

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

• make visible by means of chemical solutions
  • Please develop this roll of film for me
    

• grow emotionally or mature
  • 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
    

• generate gradually
  • We must develop more potential customers
    
  • develop a market for the new mobile phone
    

• cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development
  • The perfect climate here develops the grain
    
  • He developed a new kind of apple
    

• become technologically advanced
  • Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace
    
  • Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly
    

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

• be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest;
  • The plot developed slowly
    

• create by training and teaching
  • The old master is training world-class violinists
    
  • we develop the leaders for the future
    

• elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
  • Could you develop the ideas in your thesis
    

• change the use of and make available or usable
  • develop land
    
  • The country developed its natural resources
    
  • The remote areas of the country were gradually built up
    

• come into existence; take on form or shape
  • 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
    

• come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
  • He grew a beard
    
  • The patient developed abdominal pains
    
  • I got funny spots all over my body
    
  • Well-developed breasts
    

• gain through experience
  • 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
    

• work out
  • We have developed a new theory of evolution
    

• make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation
  • Her company developed a new kind of building material that withstands all kinds of weather
    
  • They developed a new technique
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  break , recrudesce , grow , make grow , modernize , modernise , train , prepare , educate , explicate , formulate , build up , originate , arise , rise , uprise , spring up , produce , get , acquire , evolve , germinate