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Quick definitions from WordNet (develop)
▸ verb: make visible by means of chemical solutions ("Please develop this roll of film for me")
▸ verb: expand in the form of a series ("Develop the function in the following form")
▸ verb: grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment ("A flower developed on the branch")
▸ verb: cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development ("The perfect climate here develops the grain")
▸ verb: be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest ("The plot developed slowly")
▸ 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")
▸ verb: grow emotionally or mature ("The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten")
▸ verb: gain through experience ("Children must develop a sense of right and wrong")
▸ verb: move into a strategically more advantageous position ("Develop the rook")
▸ verb: move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions ("Spassky developed quickly")
▸ verb: superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry
▸ verb: generate gradually ("We must develop more potential customers")
▸ 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")
▸ verb: create by training and teaching ("We develop the leaders for the future")
▸ verb: come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) ("The patient developed abdominal pains")
▸ verb: change the use of and make available or usable ("Develop land")
▸ verb: happen ("Report the news as it develops")
▸ verb: become technologically advanced ("Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace")
▸ verb: elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses ("Could you develop the ideas in your thesis")
▸ verb: work out ("We have developed a new theory of evolution")
▸ verb: come into existence; take on form or shape
▸ Word origin
▸ verb: make visible by means of chemical solutions ("Please develop this roll of film for me")
▸ verb: expand in the form of a series ("Develop the function in the following form")
▸ verb: grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment ("A flower developed on the branch")
▸ verb: cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development ("The perfect climate here develops the grain")
▸ verb: be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest ("The plot developed slowly")
▸ 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")
▸ verb: grow emotionally or mature ("The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten")
▸ verb: gain through experience ("Children must develop a sense of right and wrong")
▸ verb: move into a strategically more advantageous position ("Develop the rook")
▸ verb: move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions ("Spassky developed quickly")
▸ verb: superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry
▸ verb: generate gradually ("We must develop more potential customers")
▸ 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")
▸ verb: create by training and teaching ("We develop the leaders for the future")
▸ verb: come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) ("The patient developed abdominal pains")
▸ verb: change the use of and make available or usable ("Develop land")
▸ verb: happen ("Report the news as it develops")
▸ verb: become technologically advanced ("Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace")
▸ verb: elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses ("Could you develop the ideas in your thesis")
▸ verb: work out ("We have developed a new theory of evolution")
▸ verb: come into existence; take on form or shape
▸ Word origin