verb (v)

• make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation(verb.creation)

  Example:
  Her company developed a new kind of building material that withstands all kinds of weather.
  They developed a new technique.
  

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• work out(verb.creation)

  Example:
  We have developed a new theory of evolution.
  

  Synonym:
  evolve, germinate
  

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• gain through experience(verb.change)

  Example:
  Children must develop a sense of right and wrong.
  Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position.
  Develop a passion for painting.
  

  Synonym:
  acquire, evolve
  

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• come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)(verb.body)

  Example:
  The patient developed abdominal pains.
  Well-developed breasts.
  

  Synonym:
  acquire, get, grow, produce
  

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• come into existence; take on form or shape(verb.stative)

  Synonym:
  arise, grow, originate, rise, spring up, uprise
  

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• change the use of and make available or usable(verb.change)

  Example:
  Develop land.
  The country developed its natural resources.
  

  Synonym:
  build up
  

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• elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses(verb.communication)

  Example:
  Could you develop the ideas in your thesis.
  

  Synonym:
  explicate, formulate
  

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• create by training and teaching(verb.cognition)

  Example:
  We develop the leaders for the future.
  

  Synonym:
  educate, prepare, train
  

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• be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest(verb.change)

  Example:
  The plot developed slowly.
  

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• grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment(verb.change)

  Example:
  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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• become technologically advanced(verb.change)

  Example:
  Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace.
  

  Synonym:
  modernise, modernize
  

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• cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development(verb.change)

  Example:
  The perfect climate here develops the grain.
  He developed a new kind of apple.
  

  Synonym:
  make grow
  

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• generate gradually(verb.creation)

  Example:
  We must develop more potential customers.
  Develop a market for the new mobile phone.
  

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• grow emotionally or mature(verb.change)

  Example:
  The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten.
  

  Synonym:
  grow
  

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• make visible by means of chemical solutions(verb.perception)

  Example:
  Please develop this roll of film for me.
  

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

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• move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions(verb.competition)

  Example:
  Spassky developed quickly.
  

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• move into a strategically more advantageous position(verb.competition)

  Example:
  Develop the rook.
  

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• elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme(verb.change)

  Example:
  Develop the melody and change the key.
  

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• happen(verb.change)

  Example:
  Report the news as it develops.
  

  Synonym:
  break, operate, recrudesce
  

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• expand in the form of a series(verb.change)

  Example:
  Develop the function in the following form.
  

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• 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.(verb)

  source: webster1913
• 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.(verb)

  source: webster1913