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  1. verb
    create by training and teaching
    "we develop the leaders for the future"

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  2. verb
    work out
    "We have developed a new theory of evolution"

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  3. verb
    come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
    "The patient developed abdominal pains" "Well-developed breasts"

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  4. verb
    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"

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  5. verb
    gain through experience
    "Children must develop a sense of right and wrong" "Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position" "develop a passion for painting"

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  6. verb
    change the use of and make available or usable
    "develop land" "The country developed its natural resources"

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  7. verb
    come into existence; take on form or shape
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  8. verb
    happen
    "Report the news as it develops"

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  9. verb
    elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
    "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"

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  10. verb
    become technologically advanced
    "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"

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  11. verb
    grow emotionally or mature
    "The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten"

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  12. verb
    be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest
    "The plot developed slowly"
  13. verb
    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"
  14. verb
    expand in the form of a series
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  15. verb
    generate gradually
    "We must develop more potential customers" "develop a market for the new mobile phone"
  16. verb
    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"
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  17. verb
    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"
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  18. verb
    make visible by means of chemical solutions
    "Please develop this roll of film for me"
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  19. verb
    move into a strategically more advantageous position
    "develop the rook"
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  20. verb
    move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions
    "Spassky developed quickly"
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  21. verb
    superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry
Examples of develop
  • "we develop the leaders for the future"
  • "We have developed a new theory of evolution"
  • "The patient developed abdominal pains"
  • "Well-developed breasts"
  • "The perfect climate here develops the grain"
  • "He developed a new kind of apple"
  • "Children must develop a sense of right and wrong"
  • "Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position"
  • "develop a passion for painting"
  • "develop land"
  • "The country developed its natural resources"
  • "Report the news as it develops"
  • "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"
  • "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"
  • "The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten"
  • "The plot developed slowly"
  • "develop the melody and change the key"
  • "We must develop more potential customers"
  • "develop a market for the new mobile phone"
  • "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"
  • "Her company developed a new kind of building material that withstands all kinds of weather"
  • "They developed a new technique"
  • "Please develop this roll of film for me"
  • "develop the rook"
  • "Spassky developed quickly"
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