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Verb | 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" build - give form to, according to a plan; "build a modern nation"; "build a million-dollar business" create - bring into existence; "The company was created 25 years ago"; "He created a new movement in painting" |
2. | develop - work out; "We have developed a new theory of evolution" create by mental act, create mentally - create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands 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" | |
3. | develop - 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" acquire, develop, produce, grow, get - 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" change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" 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" formulate, explicate, develop - elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis" develop - generate gradually; "We must develop more potential customers"; "develop a market for the new mobile phone" | |
4. | ![]() regrow - grow anew or continue growth after an injury or interruption; "parts of the trunk of this tree can regrow"; "some invertebrates can regrow limbs or their tail after they lost it due to an injury" spring - develop suddenly; "The tire sprang a leak" leaf - produce leaves, of plants pod - produce pods, of plants teethe - grow teeth; cut the baby teeth; "The little one is teething now" pupate - develop into a pupa; "the insect larva pupate" cut - have grow through the gums; "The baby cut a tooth" change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" | |
5. | develop - 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" develop - be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest; "The plot developed slowly"; become - come into existence; "What becomes has duration" resurge - rise again; "His need for a meal resurged"; "The candidate resurged after leaving politics for several years" come forth, emerge - happen or occur as a result of something come, follow - to be the product or result; "Melons come from a vine"; "Understanding comes from experience" well up, swell - come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things); "Strong emotions welled up"; "Smoke swelled from it" head - take its rise; "These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas" | |
6. | 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" redevelop - change the plans for the use of (land) ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better - to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" make grow, develop - 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" modernise, modernize, develop - become technologically advanced; "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly" settle - establish or develop as a residence; "He settled the farm 200 years ago"; "This land was settled by Germans" train, educate, prepare, develop - create by training and teaching; "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future" develop - generate gradually; "We must develop more potential customers"; "develop a market for the new mobile phone" | |
7. | develop - elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis" 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" develop, evolve, acquire - 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" hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, conjecture, theorise, theorize, hypothecate, suppose - to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps" mature - develop and work out fully in one's mind; "I need to mature my thoughts" reformulate, redevelop - formulate or develop again, of an improved theory or hypothesis | |
8. | ![]() 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" train, prepare - undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession; "She is training to be a teacher"; "He trained as a legal aid" retrain - teach new skills; "We must retrain the linguists who cannot find employment" drill - train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons housebreak, house-train - train (a pet) to live cleanly in a house toilet-train - train (a small child) to use the toilet | |
9. | develop - be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest; "The plot developed slowly"; 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" recrudesce, develop, break - happen; "Report the news as it develops"; "These political movements recrudesce from time to time" hap, happen, occur, come about, take place, go on, pass off, fall out, pass - come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" | |
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" differentiate - become different during development; "cells differentiate" dedifferentiate - lose specialization in form or function grow - become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain; "The problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast" grow - increase in size by natural process; "Corn doesn't grow here"; "In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees"; "her hair doesn't grow much anymore" senesce, age, maturate, mature, get on - grow old or older; "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce" age - begin to seem older; get older; "The death of his wife caused him to age fast" progress, shape up, come along, come on, get along, get on, advance - develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up" maturate, mature, grow - develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation; "He matured fast"; "The child grew fast" evolve - undergo development or evolution; "Modern man evolved a long time ago" adolesce - become adolescent; pass through adolescence; "The children are beginning to adolesce around the age of 12" work up, build, build up, progress - form or accumulate steadily; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border" incubate - grow under conditions that promote development blossom forth, blossom out, unfold, blossom - develop or come to a promising stage; "Youth blossomed into maturity" develop - be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest; "The plot developed slowly"; bud - develop buds; "The hibiscus is budding!" | |
11. | ![]() change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" | |
12. | ![]() alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" 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" grow - cause to grow or develop; "He grows vegetables in his backyard" work out, work up - come up with; "His colleagues worked out his interesting idea"; "We worked up an ad for our client" foliate - grow leaves; "the tree foliated in Spring" discipline, condition, train, check - develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control; "Parents must discipline their children"; "Is this dog trained?" | |
13. | develop - generate gradually; "We must develop more potential customers"; "develop a market for the new mobile phone" 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" develop, evolve, acquire - 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" make - favor the development of; "Practice makes the winner" bring forth, generate - bring into existence; "The new manager generated a lot of problems"; "The computer bug generated chaos in the office"; "The computer generated this image"; "The earthquake generated a tsunami" | |
14. | develop - 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" change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" outgrow - grow too large or too mature for; "I have outgrown these clothes"; "She outgrew her childish habits" make - develop into; "He will make a splendid father!" | |
15. | develop - make visible by means of chemical solutions; "Please develop this roll of film for me" photography, picture taking - the act of taking and printing photographs photography - the process of producing images of objects on photosensitive surfaces alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" solarise, solarize - reverse some of the tones of (a negative or print) and introduce pronounced outlines of highlights, by exposing it briefly to light, then washing and redeveloping it underdevelop - process (a film or photographic plate) less than the required time or in an ineffective solution or at an insufficiently high temperature; "These photos are underdeveloped" redevelop - develop for a second time, in order to improve the contrast, colour, etc., of a negative or print | |
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" chess game, chess - a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king play - participate in games or sport; "We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches" develop - move into a strategically more advantageous position; "develop the rook" | |
18. | develop - move into a strategically more advantageous position; "develop the rook" chess game, chess - a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king play - participate in games or sport; "We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches" develop - move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions; "Spassky developed quickly" | |
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" rarify, refine, complicate, elaborate - make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or pattern" | |
20. | develop - happen; "Report the news as it develops"; "These political movements recrudesce from time to time" hap, happen, occur, come about, take place, go on, pass off, fall out, pass - come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" develop - be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest; "The plot developed slowly"; | |
21. | develop - expand in the form of a series; "Develop the function in the following form" math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement expand - make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity; "expand the house by adding another wing" |