DEVELOP

grow, develop, produce, get, acquire

(verb) 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”

develop

(verb) 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”

develop, make grow

(verb) 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”

break, recrudesce, develop

(verb) happen; “Report the news as it develops”; “These political movements recrudesce from time to time”

develop

(verb) be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest; “The plot developed slowly”

modernize, modernise, develop

(verb) become technologically advanced; “Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace”; “Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly”

develop, acquire, evolve

(verb) 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”

train, develop, prepare, educate

(verb) create by training and teaching; “The old master is training world-class violinists”; “we develop the leaders for the future”

explicate, formulate, develop

(verb) elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; “Could you develop the ideas in your thesis”

develop

(verb) move into a strategically more advantageous position; “develop the rook”

develop

(verb) move one’s pieces into strategically more advantageous positions; “Spassky developed quickly”

develop

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

develop

(verb) generate gradually; “We must develop more potential customers”; “develop a market for the new mobile phone”

evolve, germinate, develop

(verb) work out; “We have developed a new theory of evolution”

develop

(verb) 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”

develop

(verb) make visible by means of chemical solutions; “Please develop this roll of film for me”

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

(verb) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

develop (third-person singular simple present develops, present participle developing, simple past and past participle (archaic, rare) developt or developed)

(intransitive) To change with a specific direction, progress.

(ambitransitive) To progress through a sequence of stages.

(transitive) To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.

(transitive) To create.

(transitive) To bring out images latent in photographic film.

(transitive) To acquire something usually over a period of time.

(chess, transitive) To place one's pieces actively.

(snooker, pool) To cause a ball to become more open and available to be played on later. Usually by moving it away from the cushion, or by opening a pack.

(math) To change the form of (an algebraic expression, etc.) by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value.

Usage notes

• Objects: plan, software, program, product, story, idea.

Source: Wiktionary

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De*vel"op, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Developed; p. pr. & vb. n. Developing.] Etym: [F. déveloper; dé- (L. dis-) + OF. voluper, voleper, to envelop, perh. from L. volup agreeably, delightfully, and hence orig., to make agreeable or comfortable by enveloping, to keep snug (cf. Voluptuous); or. perh. fr. a derivative of volvere, volutum, to roll (cf. Devolve). Cf. Envelop.] [Written also develope.]

1. To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or give forth; as, to develop theories; a motor that develops 100 horse power. These serve to develop its tenets. Milner. The 20th was spent in strengthening our position and developing the line of the enemy. The Century.

2. To unfold gradually, as a flower from a bud; hence, to bring through a succession of states or stages, each of which is preparatory to the next; to form or expand by a process of growth; to cause to change gradually from an embryo, or a lower state, to a higher state or form of being; as, sunshine and rain develop the bud into a flower; to develop the mind. The sound developed itself into a real compound. J. Peile. All insects . . . acquire the jointed legs before the wings are fully developed. Owen.

3. To advance; to further; to prefect; to make to increase; to promote the growth of. We must develop our own resources to the utmost. Jowett (Thucyd).

4. (Math.)

Definition: To change the form of, as of an algebraic expression, by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value.

5. (Photog.)

Definition: To cause to become visible, as an invisible or latent image upon plate, by submitting it to chemical agents; to bring to view. To develop a curved surface on a place (Geom.), to produce on the plane an equivalent surface, as if by rolling the curved surface so that all parts shall successively touch the plane.

Syn.

– To uncover; unfold; evolve; promote; project; lay open; disclose; exhibit; unravel; disentangle.

De*vel"op, v. i.

1. To go through a process of natural evolution or growth, by successive changes from a less perfect to a more perfect or more highly organized state; to advance from a simpler form of existence to one more complex either in structure or function; as, a blossom develops from a bud; the seed develops into a plant; the embryo develops into a well-formed animal; the mind develops year by year. Nor poets enough to understand That life develops from within. Mrs. Browning.

2. To become apparent gradually; as, a picture on sensitive paper develops on the application of heat; the plans of the conspirators develop.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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