develop
[dih-vel-uh p] Spell Syllables
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verb (used with object)
1.
to bring out the capabilities or possibilities of; bring to a more advanced or effective state:
to develop natural resources; to develop one's musical talent.
2.
to cause to grow or expand:
to develop one's muscles.
3.
to elaborate or expand in detail:
to develop a theory.
4.
to bring into being or activity; generate; evolve.
5.
Drafting. to transfer the details of (a more or less two-dimensional design, pattern, or the like) from one surface, especially one that is prismatic or cylindrical, onto another, usually planar, in such a way that the distances between points remain the same.
6.
Biology.
to cause to go through the process of natural evolution from a previous and lower stage.
to cause to progress from an embryonic to an adult form.
7.
Mathematics. to express in an extended form, as in a series.
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verb (used without object)
12.
to grow into a more mature or advanced state; advance; expand:
She is developing into a good reporter.
13.
to come gradually into existence or operation; be evolved.
14.
to be disclosed; become evident or manifest:
The plot of the novel developed slowly.
15.
to undergo developing, as a photographic film.
16.
Biology.
to progress from an embryonic to an adult form.
to progress from earlier to later stages of ontogeny or phylogeny.
to reach sexual maturity.