DEVELOP

/dɛˈvɛ.ləp/ ► audio Scrabble 13 Words With Friends 16

Definition

  1. verb make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation.
  2. verb work out. — synonyms: evolve, germinate
  3. verb gain through experience. — synonyms: acquire, evolve
  4. verb come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes). — synonyms: grow, produce, get, acquire
  5. verb come into existence. — synonyms: originate, arise, rise, uprise, spring_up, grow
  6. verb change the use of and make available or usable. — synonyms: build_up
  7. verb elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses. — synonyms: explicate, formulate
  8. verb create by training and teaching. — synonyms: train, prepare, educate
  9. verb be gradually disclosed or unfolded.
  10. verb grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment.
  11. verb become technologically advanced. — synonyms: modernize, modernise
  12. verb cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development. — synonyms: make_grow
  13. verb generate gradually.
  14. verb grow emotionally or mature. — synonyms: grow
  15. verb make visible by means of chemical solutions.
  16. verb superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry.
  17. verb move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions.
  18. verb move into a strategically more advantageous position.
  19. verb elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme.
  20. verb happen. — synonyms: break, recrudesce
  21. verb expand in the form of a series.

Examples

  • “Let's see how things develop and then make our decision.”
  • “Isabel developed from a tropical depression to a tropical storm to a hurricane.   An embryo develops into a fetus and then into an infant.”
  • “I need to develop a plan for the next three weeks.”

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