Meaning of 'develop'

verb

cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development

Example: "The perfect climate here develops the grain"

Synonyms: make grow

verb

happen

Example: "Report the news as it develops"

Synonyms: operate

verb

be gradually disclosed or unfolded

verb

elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme

Example: "develop the melody and change the key"

verb

become technologically advanced

Example: "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"

Synonyms: modernize modernise

verb

grow emotionally or mature

Example: "The child developed beautifully in their new kindergarten."

Synonyms: grow

verb

gain through experience

Synonyms: acquire evolve

verb

create by training and teaching

Synonyms: train prepare educate

verb

elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses

Example: "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"

Synonyms: explicate formulate

verb

move into a strategically more advantageous position

Example: "develop the rook"

verb

move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions

Example: "Spassky developed quickly"

verb

superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry

verb

generate gradually

Example: "We must develop more potential customers"

verb

work out

Example: "We have developed a new theory of evolution"

Synonyms: evolve germinate

verb

make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation

Example: "My company developed a new kind of building material that withstands all kinds of weather."

verb

make visible by means of chemical solutions

Example: "Please develop this roll of film for me"

verb

come into existence

Synonyms: rise

verb

come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)

Synonyms: get

verb

change the use of and make available or usable

Example: "develop land"

verb

expand in the form of a series

verb

grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment

Example: "A flower developed on the branch"