1. (

• develop ,

) 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" ;

2. (

• evolve ,
• germinate ,
• develop

) work out; "We have developed a new theory of evolution" ;

3. (

• develop ,
• acquire ,
• evolve ,

) gain through experience; "I acquired a strong aversion to television"; "Children must develop a sense of right and wrong"; "Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position"; "develop a passion for painting" ;

4. (

• grow ,
• develop ,
• produce ,
• get ,
• acquire

) come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts" ;

5. (

• originate ,
• arise ,
• rise ,
• develop ,
• uprise ,
• spring_up ,
• grow

) come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose" ;

6. (

• build_up ,
• develop ,

) change the use of and make available or usable; "develop land"; "The country developed its natural resources"; "The remote areas of the country were gradually built up" ;

7. (

• explicate ,
• formulate ,
• develop

) elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis" ;

8. (

• train ,
• develop ,
• prepare ,
• educate

) create by training and teaching; "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future" ;

9. (

• develop ,

) be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest; "The plot developed slowly" ;

10. (

• develop

) 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" ;

11. (

• modernize ,
• modernise ,
• develop ,

) become technologically advanced; "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly" ;

12. (

• develop ,
• make_grow

) 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" ;

13. (

• develop ,

) generate gradually; "We must develop more potential customers"; "develop a market for the new mobile phone" ;

14. (

• develop ,
• grow ,

) grow emotionally or mature; "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" ;

15. (

• develop

) make visible by means of chemical solutions; "Please develop this roll of film for me" ;

16. (

• develop ,

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

17. (

• develop ,

) move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions; "Spassky developed quickly" ;

18. (

• develop ,

) move into a strategically more advantageous position; "develop the rook" ;

19. (

• develop ,

) 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. (

• break ,
• recrudesce ,
• develop ,

) happen; "Report the news as it develops"; "These political movements recrudesce from time to time" ;

21. (

• develop ,

) expand in the form of a series; "Develop the function in the following form" ;

1. (

• developed

) being changed over time so as to be e.g. stronger or more complete or more useful; "the developed qualities of the Hellenic outlook"; "they have very small limbs with only two fully developed toes on each" ;

2. (

• developed ,
• highly-developed

) (used of societies) having high industrial development; "developed countries" ;

3. (

• developed

) (of real estate) made more useful and profitable as by building or laying out roads; "condominiums were built on the developed site" ;