develop
Verbs
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(v) 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
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(v) work out
- We have developed a new theory of evolution
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(v) 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
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(v) 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
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(v) 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
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(v) 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
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(v) elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
- Could you develop the ideas in your thesis
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(v) create by training and teaching
- The old master is training world-class violinists
- we develop the leaders for the future
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(v) be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest
- The plot developed slowly";
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(v) 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
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(v) become technologically advanced
- Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace
- Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly
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(v) 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
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(v) generate gradually
- We must develop more potential customers
- develop a market for the new mobile phone
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(v) 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
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(v) make visible by means of chemical solutions
- Please develop this roll of film for me
- (v) superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry
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(v) move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions
- Spassky developed quickly
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(v) move into a strategically more advantageous position
- develop the rook
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(v) 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
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(v) happen
- Report the news as it develops
- These political movements recrudesce from time to time
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(v) expand in the form of a series
- Develop the function in the following form