de·vel·op (d -v l  p)v. de·vel·oped, de·vel·op·ing, de·vel·ops v.tr. 1. To bring from latency to or toward fulfillment: an instructor who develops the capabilities of each student. 2. a. To expand or enlarge: developed a national corporation into a worldwide business. b. To aid in the growth of; strengthen: exercises that develop muscles. c. To improve the quality of; refine: develops his recipes to perfection; an extra year of study to develop virtuosic technique. 3. a. To cause to become more complex or intricate; add detail and fullness to; elaborate: began with a good premise but developed it without imagination. b. Music To elaborate (a theme) with rhythmic and harmonic variations. 4. a. To bring into being gradually: develop a new cottage industry. b. To set forth or clarify by degrees: developed her thesis in a series of articles. 5. a. To come to have gradually; acquire: develop a taste for opera; develop a friendship. b. To become affected with; contract; developed a rash; developed agoraphobia. 6. To cause gradually to acquire a specific role, function, or form, as: a. To influence the behavior of toward a specific end: an investigator who develops witnesses through flattery and intimidation. b. To cause (a tract of land) to serve a particular purpose: developed the site as a community of condominiums. c. To make available and effective to fulfill a particular end or need: develop the state's water resources to serve a growing population. d. 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. a. To process (a photosensitive material), especially with chemicals, in order to render a recorded image visible. b. To render (an image) visible by this means. v.intr. 1. a. To grow by degrees into a more advanced or mature state: With hard work, she developed into a great writer. See Synonyms at mature. b. To increase or expand. c. 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 a. To progress from earlier to later stages of a life cycle: Caterpillars develop into butterflies. b. 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).] de·vel op·a·ble adj. |
develop
Verb
1. to grow or bring to a later, more elaborate, or more advanced stage
2. to come or bring into existence: the country has developed a consumer society
3. to make or become gradually clearer or more widely known
4. to follow as a result of something: Cubism developed from attempts to give painting a more intellectual concept of form
5. to contract (an illness)
6. to improve the value or change the use of (land)
7. to exploit the natural resources of (a country or region)
8. Photog to treat (a photographic plate or film) to produce a visible image [Old French desveloper to unwrap]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| 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. |  develop - 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"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. |  develop - create by training and teaching; "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future"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 house-train, housebreak - 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. | develop - become technologically advanced; "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly" 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. |  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"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" |
develop
verb 2. result, follow, arise, issue, happen, spring, stem, derive, break out, ensue, come about, be a direct result of
verb 3. establish, set up, promote, generate, undertake, initiate, embark on, cultivate, instigate, inaugurate, set in motion
Translations
develop [dɪˈvɛləp] vt → desarrollar;
vi → desarrollarse (= advance); progresar;
to develop into → transformarse or convertirse en
develop [dɪˈvɛləp] vt (gen) → développer [+ disease]; commencer à souffrir de [+ habit]; contracter [+ resources]; mettre en valeur, exploiter [+ land]; aménager
vi → se développer; [situation, disease] (= evolve); évoluer; [facts, symptoms] (= appear); se manifester, se produire;
can you develop this film? → pouvez-vous développer cette pellicule?;
to develop into → devenir
develop [dɪˈvɛləp] vt → entwickeln;
(land, resource) → erschließen;
(disease) → bekommen
vi → sich entwickeln;
(symptoms) → auftreten;
the machine/car developed a fault/engine trouble → an dem Gerät/dem Wagen trat ein Defekt/ein Motorschaden auf;
to develop into → sich entwickeln zu, werden
v develop [diˈveləp]
1 to (cause to) grow bigger or to a more advanced state The plan developed slowly in his mind; It has developed into a very large city. ontwikkel, ontplooi يُطَوِّر развивам rozvinout (se), vyvinout (se) udvikle sig (sich) entwickeln αναπτύσσω, αναπτύσσομαι desarrollar(se) arendama, arenema توسعه یافتن؛ گسترش دادن kehittää, kehittyä (se) développer לְפָתֵח विकसित करना proširit se, stasati (ki)fejlődik berkembang þróast sviluppare, svilupparsi 発達する 발전하다; 발전시키다 vystyti(s), rutulioti(s), plėtoti(s), (iš)augti attīstīt; attīstīties membangun (zich) ontwikkelen utvikle(s), utfolde(s), utvide(s) rozwijać się desenvolver a (se) dezvolta развивать(ся) rozvinúť sa razvijati (se) razviti utvecklas เติบโต geliş(tir)mek 發展，開發 розвивати(ся) زیادہ مکمل اور منظم بنانا mở rộng 发展，开发
2 to acquire gradually He developed the habit of getting up early. ontwikkel يَكْتَسِب تَدْريجِيّا развивам osvojit si, vypěstovat v sobě udvikle (sich) entwickeln αποκτώ σταδιακά contraer, adquirir ennast harjutama به تدریج کسب کردن؛ گرفتن kehittää, tottua acquérir לָפֵתח क्रमिक रूप से पाना razviti (ki)fejleszt mengembangkan venja sig á, þjálfa acquisire 身につける 갖게 되다 į(si)gyti izstrādāt; izkopt bangun zich aanwennen utvikle, opparbeide nabywać adquirir a căpăta вырабатывать osvojiť si pridobiti si razviti utveckla, få พัฒนา edinmek (逐漸)產生 розвивати کوئی عادت اختیار کرنا phát triển （逐渐）产生
3 to become active, visible etc Spots developed on her face. ontwikkel يَنْمو، يَظْهَر появявам се ukázat se, objevit se udvikle sig (sich) entwickeln εμφανίζομαι aparecer siginema نمایان شدن؛ بروز کردن ilmetä (se) manifester לְהִתפָּתֵח उभरना pojaviti se (ki)fejlődik muncul koma í ljós manifestarsi 現われる 드러나다, 나타나다 atsirasti atklāties; parādīties aktif verschijnen, optreden utvikle seg, få, oppstå rozwijać się, uwidaczniać się aparecer a apărea; a se manifesta проявляться ukázať sa pokazati se pojaviti se framträda, bli synlig, uppstå ค่อย ๆ ปรากฏชัดขึ้นมา oluşmak, ortaya çıkmak 使(顏色等)顯現 проявлятися نمایاں ہو جانا bộc lộ rõ 使（颜色等）显现
4 to use chemicals to make (a photograph) visible My brother develops all his own films. ontwikkel يُحَمِّض الصّورَه проявявам vyvolat fremkalde entwickeln εμφανίζω (για φωτογραφία) revelar ilmutama ظاهر کردن kehittää développer לְפָתֵח तस्वीर साफ करना razviti fotografski film előhív (filmet) memproses framkalla sviluppare 現像する 현상하다 ryškinti attīstīt (fotofilmu) cuci ontwikkelen framkalle wywoływać revelar a developa проявлять vyvolať razvijati razvijati framkalla ล้างรูป (film/fotoğraf) banyo etmek 顯影 проявляти فوٹو وغیرہ کو دھو کر اجاگر کرنا rửa ảnh 显影
n deˈvelopment
1 the process or act of developing a crucial stage in the development of a child. ontwikkeling تَطوير، تَنْمِيَه развитие vývoj udvikling die Entwicklung ανάπτυξη, εμφάνιση desarrollo areng رشد؛ گسترش kehitys développement פָּתוח विकास razvoj (ki)fejlődés perkembangan þroski sviluppo 発達 발달, 발전, 성장 vystymasis, plėtra, plėtotė attīstība; attīstīšana pembangunan ontwikkeling utvikling, videreføring, utfoldelse rozwój desenvolvimento dezvoltare развитие vývoj, vývin razvoj razvoj utveckling การเจริญเติบโต gelişme, gelişim 發展，發育 розвиток; зростання تعمیر و ترقی sự phát triển 发展，发育
2 something new which is the result of developing important new developments in science. ontwikkeling تَطَوُّر напредък pokrok nyudvikling die Entwicklung εξέλιξη progreso edusamm رویداد edistysaskel progrès פָּתוּח विकास, परिणाम razvitak fejlemény kemajuan þróun sviluppo 進展 성과 nauji rezultatai/išradimai/įvykiai notikumi; jaunumi perkembangan ontwikkeling utvikling, nyvinning postęp avanço progres разработка pokrok izboljšanje, napredek kretanje utveckling ความก้าวหน้า; พัฒนาการ; วิวัฒนาการ gelişme 開發 вдосконалення; рішення تازہ ترین حالات sự tiến triển 开发
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