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Definition of Develop

1. Verb. Make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation. "They developed a new technique"

2. Verb. Work out. "Did he develop his major works over a short period of time?"; "We have developed a new theory of evolution"

3. Verb. Gain through experience. "Develop a passion for painting"

4. Verb. Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes). "Well-developed breasts"

5. Verb. Come into existence; take on form or shape. "An interesting phenomenon uprose"

6. Verb. Change the use of and make available or usable. "The remote areas of the country were gradually built up"

7. Verb. Elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses. "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"

8. Verb. Create by training and teaching. "We develop the leaders for the future"

9. Verb. Be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest. "The plot developed slowly"

10. Verb. Grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment. "This situation has developed over a long time"

11. Verb. Become technologically advanced. "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly"

12. Verb. Cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development. "He developed a new kind of apple"

13. Verb. Generate gradually. "Develop a market for the new mobile phone"

14. Verb. Grow emotionally or mature. "Sam and Sue develop"; "When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behavior"

15. Verb. Make visible by means of chemical solutions. "Please develop this roll of film for me"

16. Verb. Superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry.

17. Verb. Move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions. "Spassky developed quickly"

18. Verb. Move into a strategically more advantageous position. "Develop the rook"

19. 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"

20. Verb. Happen. "These political movements recrudesce from time to time"

21. Verb. Expand in the form of a series. "Develop the function in the following form"

Definition of Develop

1. 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.

2. 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.

Definition of Develop

1. Verb. (intransitive) To change with a specific direction, progress. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) To progress through a sequence of stages. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To create. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To bring out images latent in photographic film. ¹

5. Verb. (context: Chess transitive) To place one's pieces actively. ¹

6. Verb. (context: snooker pool) To cause a ball to become more open and available to be played on later. Usually by moving it away from the cushion, or by opening a pack. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Develop

1. to bring to a more advanced or effective state [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Develop

1. 1. To go through a process of natural evolution or growth, by successive changes from a less perfect to a more perfect or more highly organised 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. "Nor poets enough to understand That life develops from within." (Mrs. Browning) 2. To become apparent gradually; as, a picture on sensitive paper develops on the application of heat; the plans of the conspirators develop. 1. 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. "These serve to develop its tenets." (Milner) "The 20th was spent in strengthening our position and developing the line of the enemy." (The Century) 2. 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. "The sound developed itself into a real compound." (J. Peile) "All insects . . . Acquire the jointed legs before the wings are fully developed." (Owen) 3. To advance; to further; to prefect; to make to increase; to promote the growth of. "We must develop our own resources to the utmost." (Jowett (Thucyd)) 4. To change the form of, as of an algebraic expression, by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value. 5. To cause to become visible, as an invisible or latent image upon plate, by submitting it to chemical agents; to bring to view. To develop a curved surface on a place, to produce on the plane an equivalent surface, as if by rolling the curved surface so that all parts shall successively touch the plane. Synonym: To uncover, unfold, evolve, promote, project, lay open, disclose, exhibit, unravel, disentangle. Origin: F. Developer; de- (L. Dis-) + OF. Voluper, voleper, to envelop, perh. From L. Volup agreeably, delightfully, and hence orig, to make agreeable or comfortable by enveloping, to keep snug (cf. Voluptuous); or. Perh. Fr. A derivative of volvere, volutum, to roll (cf. Devolve). Cf. Envelop Alternative forms: develope. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Develop

devasting devasts devata devatas devein deveined deveining deveins devel develed

develin develing develins develled develling develop (current term) developable developable surface develope developed

developed countries developement developer developer program developers developes developing developing countries development developmental

Literary usage of Develop

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1903)
"His companions absorb from the college boy's atmosphere that which, makes them want to develop their own resources and possibilities. ..."

2. Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention by Religious Education Association (1905)
"HOW CAN WE develop A GROWING CONSCIOUSNESS OF GOD IN CHILDREN AND YOUTH? ... What is to develop must begin, and we must not look to a later stage to ..."

3. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1907)
"How Best to develop Character in Children AMY E. TANNER, WILSON COLLEGE, CHAMBERSBURG, PA. T is difficult to answer such a question as this completely, ..."

4. The Montessori method: Scientific Pedagogy as Applied to Child Education in by Maria Montessori, Henry Wyman Holmes (1912)
"To stimulate life,— leaving it then free to develop, to unfold,— herein lies the first task of the educator. In such a delicate task, a great art must ..."

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