Develop (Verb)
Meaning 1
Make visible by means of chemical solutions; "Please develop this roll of film for me".
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Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
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Meaning 2
Work out; "We have developed a new theory of evolution".
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Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.
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Meaning 3
Move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions; "Spassky developed quickly".
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Verbs of fighting, athletic activities.
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Meaning 4
Elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 5
Move into a strategically more advantageous position; "develop the rook".
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Verbs of fighting, athletic activities.
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Meaning 6
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".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 7
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".
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Meaning 8
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".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 9
Be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest; "The plot developed slowly".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 10
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".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 11
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".
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Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.
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Meaning 12
Superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry.
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 13
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".
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Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.
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Meaning 14
Create by training and teaching; "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future".
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Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
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Meaning 15
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".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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- Get Along
- Blossom Forth
- Work Up
- Blossom Out
- Maturate
- Grow
- Advance
- Age
- Come On
- Mature
- Build
- Progress
- Come Along
- Get On
- Shape Up
- Unfold
- Flower
- Spike Out
- Blossom
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Meaning 16
Become technologically advanced; "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly".
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Meaning 17
Happen; "Report the news as it develops"; "These political movements recrudesce from time to time".
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Meaning 18
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".
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Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
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Meaning 19
Generate gradually; "We must develop more potential customers"; "develop a market for the new mobile phone".
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Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.
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Meaning 20
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".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 21
Expand in the form of a series; "Develop the function in the following form".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..