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Meaning of 'develop' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Develop [ v. i.]
- 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.
- To become apparent gradually; as, a picture on sensitive paper develops on the application of heat; the plans of the conspirators develop.
2 . Develop [ v. t.]
- 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.
- To unfold gradually, as a flower from a bud; hence, to bring through a succession of states or stages, each of which is preparatory to the next; to form or expand by a process of growth; to cause to change gradually from an embryo, or a lower state, to a higher state or form of being; as, sunshine and rain develop the bud into a flower; to develop the mind.
- To advance; to further; to prefect; to make to increase; to promote the growth of.
- To change the form of, as of an algebraic expression, by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value.
- To cause to become visible, as an invisible or latent image upon plate, by submitting it to chemical agents; to bring to view.

Meaning of 'develop' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . develop [ v]
Meaning (1):
- grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment
Example in sentence:
  • 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
Meaning (2):
- come into existence; take on form or shape
Example in sentence:
  • a love that sprang up from friendship;
  • A new religious movement originated in that country;
  • An interesting phenomenon uprose;
  • the idea for the book grew out of a short story
Meaning (3):
- gain through experience
Example in sentence:
  • Children must develop a sense of right and wrong;
  • Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position;
  • develop a passion for painting;
  • I acquired a strong aversion to television
Meaning (4):
- elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
Example in sentence:
  • Could you develop the ideas in your thesis
Meaning (5):
- generate gradually
Example in sentence:
  • develop a market for the new mobile phone;
  • We must develop more potential customers
Meaning (6):
- change the use of and make available or usable
Example in sentence:
  • develop land;
  • The country developed its natural resources;
  • The remote areas of the country were gradually built up
Meaning (7):
- expand in the form of a series
Example in sentence:
  • Develop the function in the following form
Meaning (8):
- elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme
Example in sentence:
  • develop the melody and change the key
Meaning (9):
- move into a strategically more advantageous position
Example in sentence:
  • develop the rook
Meaning (10):
- cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development
Example in sentence:
  • He developed a new kind of apple;
  • The perfect climate here develops the grain
Meaning (11):
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
Example in sentence:
  • He grew a beard;
  • I got funny spots all over my body;
  • The patient developed abdominal pains;
  • Well-developed breasts
Meaning (12):
- make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation
Example in sentence:
  • Her company developed a new kind of building material that withstands all kinds of weather;
  • They developed a new technique
Meaning (13):
- become technologically advanced
Example in sentence:
  • Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace;
  • Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly
Meaning (14):
- make visible by means of chemical solutions
Example in sentence:
  • Please develop this roll of film for me
Meaning (15):
- happen
Example in sentence:
  • Report the news as it develops;
  • These political movements recrudesce from time to time
Meaning (16):
- move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions
Example in sentence:
  • Spassky developed quickly
Meaning (17):
- grow emotionally or mature
Example in sentence:
  • 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
Meaning (18):
- create by training and teaching
Example in sentence:
  • The old master is training world-class violinists;
  • we develop the leaders for the future
Meaning (19):
- be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest
Example in sentence:
  • The plot developed slowly
Meaning (20):
- work out
Example in sentence:
  • We have developed a new theory of evolution

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