1. develop(v = verb.creation) - 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"
is one way to create
Derived form noun development1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
2. develop(v = verb.creation) evolve, germinate - work out; "We have developed a new theory of evolution"
is one way to create by mental act, create mentally
Sample sentences:
Did he develop his major works over a short period of time?
3. develop(v = verb.change) acquire, evolve - 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"
is one way to change
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
4. develop(v = verb.body) acquire, get, grow, produce - 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"
is one way to change
Derived form noun development3
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
5. develop(v = verb.stative) arise, grow, originate, rise, spring up, uprise - 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"
is one way to become
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
6. develop(v = verb.change) build up - 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"
is one way to ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate
Derived forms noun developer1, noun development5, noun development6
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
7. develop(v = verb.communication) explicate, formulate - elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"
is one way to conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
8. develop(v = verb.cognition) educate, prepare, train - create by training and teaching; "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future"
is one way to instruct, learn, teach
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
9. develop(v = verb.change) - be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest; "The plot developed slowly"
is one way to come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place
Sample sentences:
It ----s that CLAUSE
10. develop(v = verb.change) - 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"
is one way to grow
Derived form noun development3
Sample sentences:
Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP
11. develop(v = verb.change) modernise, modernize - become technologically advanced; "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly"
is one way to change
Derived form noun development1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
12. develop(v = verb.change) make grow - 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"
is one way to alter, change, modify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
13. develop(v = verb.creation) - generate gradually; "We must develop more potential customers"; "develop a market for the new mobile phone"
is one way to bring forth, generate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something
14. develop(v = verb.change) grow - 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"
is one way to change
Derived form noun development2
Sample sentences:
Sam and Sue develop
15. develop(v = verb.perception) - make visible by means of chemical solutions; "Please develop this roll of film for me"
is one way to alter, change, modify
Derived forms noun developer2, noun developing1, noun development8
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
16. develop(v = verb.contact) - superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry;
is one way to lay over, superimpose, superpose
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
17. develop(v = verb.competition) - move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions; "Spassky developed quickly"
is one way to play
Derived form noun development7
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
18. develop(v = verb.competition) - move into a strategically more advantageous position; "develop the rook"
is one way to play
Derived form noun development7
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
19. develop(v = verb.change) - 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"
is one way to complicate, elaborate, rarify, refine
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
20. develop(v = verb.change) break, recrudesce - happen; "Report the news as it develops"; "These political movements recrudesce from time to time"
is one way to come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place
Derived form noun development4
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
21. develop(v = verb.change) - expand in the form of a series; "Develop the function in the following form"
is one way to expand
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
develop, v. (developed, developing)
1 tr. & intr. a make or become bigger or fuller or more elaborate or systematic (the new town developed rapidly). b bring or come to an active or visible state or to maturity (developed a plan of action).
2 tr. begin to exhibit or suffer from (developed a rattle).
3 tr. a construct new buildings on (land). b convert (land) to a new purpose so as to use its resources more fully.
4 tr. treat (photographic film etc.) to make the latent image visible.
5 tr. Mus. elaborate (a theme) by modification of the melody, harmony, rhythm, etc.
6 tr. Chess bring (a piece) into position for effective use.
Idiom:
developing country a poor or primitive country that is developing better economic and social conditions.
Derivative:
developer n.
Etymology:
F d{eacute}velopper f. Rmc (as DIS-, orig. of second element unknown)
VB produce, perform, operate, do, make, gar, form, construct, fabricate, frame, contrive, manufacture, weave, forge, coin, carve, chisel, build, raise, edify, rear, erect, put together, set up, run up, establish, constitute, compose, organize, institute, achieve, accomplish, flower, bear fruit, fructify, teem, ean, yean, farrow, drop, pup, kitten, kindle, bear, lay, whelp, bring forth, give birth to, lie in, be brought to bed of, evolve, pullulate, usher into the world, make productive, create, beget, get, generate, fecundate, impregnate, procreate, progenerate, propagate, engender, bring into being, call into being, bring into existence, breed, hatch, develop, bring up, induce, superinduce, suscitate, cause, acquire.
VB become larger &c (large), expand, widen, enlarge, extend, grow, increase, incrassate, swell, gather, fill out, deploy, take open order, dilate, stretch, distend, spread, mantle, wax, grow up, spring up, bud, bourgeon, shoot, sprout, germinate, put forth, vegetate, pullulate, open, burst forth, gain flesh, gather flesh, outgrow, spread like wildfire, overrun, be larger than, surpass, render larger &c (large), expand, spread, extend, aggrandize, distend, develop, amplify, spread out, widen, magnify, rarefy, inflate, puff, blow up, stuff, pad, cram, exaggerate, fatten.
VB evolve, unfold, unroll, unwind, uncoil, untwist, unfurl, untwine, unravel, untangle, disentangle, develop.