develop
Definition (verb): make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation
Example: Her company developed a new kind of building material that withstands all kinds of weather
Definition (verb): make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation
Example: They developed a new technique
Definition (verb): work out
Example: We have developed a new theory of evolution
Definition (verb): gain through experience
Example: I acquired a strong aversion to television
Definition (verb): gain through experience
Example: Children must develop a sense of right and wrong
Definition (verb): gain through experience
Example: Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position
Definition (verb): gain through experience
Example: develop a passion for painting
Definition (verb): come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
Example: He grew a beard
Definition (verb): come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
Example: The patient developed abdominal pains
Definition (verb): come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
Example: I got funny spots all over my body
Definition (verb): come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
Example: Well-developed breasts
Definition (verb): come into existence; take on form or shape
Example: A new religious movement originated in that country
Definition (verb): come into existence; take on form or shape
Example: a love that sprang up from friendship
Definition (verb): come into existence; take on form or shape
Example: the idea for the book grew out of a short story
Definition (verb): come into existence; take on form or shape
Example: An interesting phenomenon uprose
Definition (verb): change the use of and make available or usable
Example: develop land
Definition (verb): change the use of and make available or usable
Example: The country developed its natural resources
Definition (verb): change the use of and make available or usable
Example: The remote areas of the country were gradually built up
Definition (verb): elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
Example: Could you develop the ideas in your thesis
Definition (verb): create by training and teaching
Example: The old master is training world-class violinists
Definition (verb): create by training and teaching
Example: we develop the leaders for the future
Definition (verb): be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest
Example: The plot developed slowly
Definition (verb): grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment
Example: A flower developed on the branch
Definition (verb): grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment
Example: The country developed into a mighty superpower
Definition (verb): grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment
Example: The embryo develops into a fetus
Definition (verb): grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment
Example: This situation has developed over a long time
Definition (verb): become technologically advanced
Example: Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace
Definition (verb): become technologically advanced
Example: Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly
Definition (verb): cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development
Example: The perfect climate here develops the grain
Definition (verb): cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development
Example: He developed a new kind of apple
Definition (verb): generate gradually
Example: We must develop more potential customers
Definition (verb): generate gradually
Example: develop a market for the new mobile phone
Definition (verb): grow emotionally or mature
Example: The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten
Definition (verb): grow emotionally or mature
Example: When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behavior
Definition (verb): make visible by means of chemical solutions
Example: Please develop this roll of film for me
Definition (verb): superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry
Definition (verb): move one’s pieces into strategically more advantageous positions
Example: Spassky developed quickly
Definition (verb): move into a strategically more advantageous position
Example: develop the rook
Definition (verb): elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme
Example: develop the melody and change the key
Definition (verb): happen
Example: Report the news as it develops
Definition (verb): happen
Example: These political movements recrudesce from time to time
Definition (verb): expand in the form of a series
Example: Develop the function in the following form