develop

(dĭ-vĕl'əp)

v., -oped, -op·ing, -ops.

v.tr.

1. To bring from latency to or toward fulfillment: an instructor who develops the capabilities of each student.
2. 1. To expand or enlarge: developed a national corporation into a worldwide business.
   2. To aid in the growth of; strengthen: exercises that develop muscles.
   3. To improve the quality of; refine: develops his recipes to perfection; an extra year of study to develop virtuosic technique.
3. 1. To cause to become more complex or intricate; add detail and fullness to; elaborate: began with a good premise but developed it without imagination.
   2. Music. To elaborate (a theme) with rhythmic and harmonic variations.
4. 1. To bring into being gradually: develop a new cottage industry.
   2. To set forth or clarify by degrees: developed her thesis in a series of articles.
5. 1. To come to have gradually; acquire: develop a taste for opera; develop a friendship.
   2. To become affected with; contract; developed a rash; developed agoraphobia.
6. To cause gradually to acquire a specific role, function, or form, as:
   1. To influence the behavior of toward a specific end: an investigator who develops witnesses through flattery and intimidation.
   2. To cause (a tract of land) to serve a particular purpose: developed the site as a community of condominiums.
   3. To make available and effective to fulfill a particular end or need: develop the state's water resources to serve a growing population.
   4. To convert or transform: developed the play into a movie.
7. Games. To move (a chess piece) to or toward a more strategic position.
8. 1. To process (a photosensitive material), especially with chemicals, in order to render a recorded image visible.
   2. To render (an image) visible by this means.

v.intr.

1. 1. To grow by degrees into a more advanced or mature state: With hard work, she developed into a great writer. See synonyms at mature.
   2. To increase or expand.
   3. To improve; advance: Their skill developed until it rivaled their teacher's.
2. To come gradually into existence or activity: Tension developed between students and faculty.
3. To come gradually to light; be disclosed: reports the news as it develops.
4. Biology.
   1. To progress from earlier to later stages of a life cycle: Caterpillars develop into butterflies.
   2. To progress from earlier to later or from simpler to more complex stages of evolution.

[French développer, from Old French desveloper : des-, dis- + voloper, to wrap (possibly of Celtic origin).]

developable de·vel'op·a·ble adj.

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verb

1. To bring or come to full development: age, grow, maturate, mature, mellow, ripen. See youth/age/maturity.
2. To bring (a product or idea, for example) into being: generate, produce. See kin.
3. To take place: befall, betide, come, come about, come off, hap, happen, occur, pass, transpire. Idioms: come to pass. See happen.
4. To be disclosed gradually: evolve, unfold. See show/hide.
5. To express at greater length or in greater detail: amplify, dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, labor. See explain/baffle.
6. To disclose bit by bit: elaborate, evolve. Idioms: fill in the details, go into detail. See show/hide.
7. To come gradually to have: acquire, form. See get/lose.
8. To achieve an increase of gradually: build up, gain. See increase/decrease.
9. To become affected with a disease: catch, contract, get, sicken, take. Idioms: come down with. See get/lose.

v

Definition: begin; occur
Antonyms: cease, discontinue, end, halt, stop

v

Definition: cultivate, prosper
Antonyms: halt, repress

v

Definition: expand, work out
Antonyms: circumscribe, compress, confine, decrease, lessen, narrow

IN BRIEF: To change gradually.

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1. to process an exposed photographic film with a developer in order to render the image visible.
2. to render visible the colourless substances on a chromatogram or electrophoretogram by treatment with a stain or chromogenic reagent.
3. to cause a solvent to flow through a chromatographic support in order to separate the components of an applied mixture.
4. (of a cell, organ, or organism) to undergo or cause to undergo a series of orderly changes whereby a mature state is attained.

—development n.

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For a list of words related to develop, see:

• Real Estate Practice - develop: (vb) purchase real property with intention of increasing its value, usu. by subdivision, improvement, and construction
• Tools and Techniques - develop: (vb) chemically process latent image on exposed film or print paper
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Common misspelling(s) of develop

• develope

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - udvikle, lade vokse, udarbejde, bebygge, byggemodne, fremkalde, projektere
v. intr. - udvikle sig, vokse, udarbejdes

idioms:

• developed country    industriland
• developing country    udviklingsland

Nederlands (Dutch)
(zich) ontwikkelen, aan het daglicht komen/ brengen, tot ontwikkeling komen, uitbreiden (van business), ontginnen, ontwikkelen/ opbouwen (vaardigheid), oplopen (ziekte), evolueren, uiteenzetten, ontwikkelen (van foto's), ontvouwen

Français (French)
v. tr. - développer, former, (Math, Phot) développer, exposer/expliquer en détail
v. intr. - se manifester, se déclarer, se former (des sentiments), (Phot) se développer, se développer (une action), se produire (un événement)

idioms:

• developed country    pays développé, pays industrialisé
• developing country    pays en voie de développement

Deutsch (German)
v. - sich entwickeln, auftreten, entwickeln, ausbauen, erkranken an, erschließen

idioms:

• developed country    Industriestaat
• developing country    Entwicklungsland

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αναπτύσσω/-ομαι, (για ασθένειες κ.λπ.) εμφανίζω/-ομαι, εμφανίζω (φιλμ), προβαίνω σε οικοδομική ή οικιστική ανάπτυξη, εμφανίζω συμπτώματα ή ίχνη

idioms:

• developed country    ανεπτυγμένη χώρα
• developing country    αναπτυσσόμενη χώρα

Italiano (Italian)
svilupparsi, svolgere, sviluppare

idioms:

• developed country    paese sviluppato
• developing country    paese in via di sviluppo

Português (Portuguese)
v. - desenvolver

idioms:

• developed country    país (m) desenvolvido
• developing country    país (m) em desenvolvimento

Русский (Russian)
развиваться, развивать, разрабатывать, строить

idioms:

• developed country    развитая страна
• developing country    страна в стадии развития

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - evolucionar, mostrar, manifestar, fomentar, perfeccionar, urbanizar, desarrollar, edificar en, realizar, elaborar, generar, (fot) revelar
v. intr. - desarrollarse, progresar, avanzar, evolucionar, mostrar, manifestar

idioms:

• developed country    país desarrollado
• developing country    país en vías de desarrollo

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - utveckla, öva upp, utarbeta (en teori), foto. framkalla

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
发展, 发扬, 发达, 发育, 生长

idioms:

• developed country    发达国家
• developing country    发展中国家

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 發展, 發揚, 發達
v. intr. - 發展, 發育, 生長

idioms:

• developed country    發達國家
• developing country    發展中國家

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 발전시키다, (의견 등을) 전개하다, (국토를) 개발하다
v. intr. - 발전하다, (진실 등이) 밝혀지다, 우연히 ~을 알다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 発達させる, 発展させる, 開発する, 展開する, 徐々に身に付ける, 持つようになる, 現像する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يطور, ينمو أو ينمي تدريجيا, يوسع, يحمض أو يظهر فلما فوتوغرافيا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮פיתח‬
v. intr. - ‮התפתח‬

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