develop

verb

1. 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

Definition categories: creation, create

2. work out

- We have developed a new theory of evolution

Similar word(s): evolve, germinate

Definition categories: creation

3. gain through experience

- Children must develop a sense of right and wrong

- Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position

- develop a passion for painting

Similar word(s): acquire, evolve

Definition categories: change

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

- The patient developed abdominal pains

- Well-developed breasts

Similar word(s): acquire, get, grow, produce

Definition categories: body, change

5. come into existence; take on form or shape

Similar word(s): arise, grow, originate, rise, uprise

Definition categories: stative, become

6. change the use of and make available or usable

- develop land

- The country developed its natural resources

Definition categories: change, ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate

7. elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses

- Could you develop the ideas in your thesis

Similar word(s): explicate, formulate

Definition categories: communication, conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize

8. create by training and teaching

- we develop the leaders for the future

Similar word(s): educate, prepare, train

Definition categories: cognition, instruct, learn, teach

9. be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest

- The plot developed slowly

Definition categories: change, hap, happen, occur, pass

10. 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

Definition categories: change, grow

11. become technologically advanced

- Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace

Similar word(s): modernise, modernize

Definition categories: change

12. 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

Definition categories: change, alter, modify

13. generate gradually

- We must develop more potential customers

- develop a market for the new mobile phone

Definition categories: creation, generate

14. grow emotionally or mature

- The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten

Similar word(s): grow

Definition categories: change

15. make visible by means of chemical solutions

- Please develop this roll of film for me

Definition categories: perception, alter, change, modify

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

Definition categories: contact, superimpose, superpose

17. move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions

- Spassky developed quickly

Definition categories: competition, play

18. move into a strategically more advantageous position

- develop the rook

Definition categories: competition, play

19. 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

Definition categories: change, complicate, elaborate, rarify, refine

20. happen

- Report the news as it develops

Similar word(s): break, recrudesce

Definition categories: change, hap, happen, occur, pass

21. expand in the form of a series

- Develop the function in the following form

Definition categories: change, expand