DEVELOP
/dɛˈvɛ.ləp/ ► audio Scrabble 13 Words With Friends 16
Definition
- verb make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation.
- verb work out.
— synonyms: evolve, germinate
- verb gain through experience.
— synonyms: acquire, evolve
- verb come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes).
— synonyms: grow, produce, get, acquire
- verb come into existence.
— synonyms: originate, arise, rise, uprise, spring_up, grow
- verb change the use of and make available or usable.
— synonyms: build_up
- verb elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses.
— synonyms: explicate, formulate
- verb create by training and teaching.
— synonyms: train, prepare, educate
- verb be gradually disclosed or unfolded.
- verb grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment.
- verb become technologically advanced.
— synonyms: modernize, modernise
- verb cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development.
— synonyms: make_grow
- verb generate gradually.
- verb grow emotionally or mature.
— synonyms: grow
- verb make visible by means of chemical solutions.
- verb superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry.
- verb move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions.
- verb move into a strategically more advantageous position.
- verb elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme.
- verb happen.
— synonyms: break, recrudesce
- 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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