v.

1. 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
2. work out;
   evolve, germinate
   
   • We have developed a new theory of evolution
3. gain through experience;
   acquire, evolve
   
   • 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
4. come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes);
   grow, produce, get, acquire
   
   • He grew a beard
   • The patient developed abdominal pains
   • I got funny spots all over my body
   • Well-developed breasts
5. come into existence; take on form or shape;
   originate, arise, rise, uprise, spring up, grow
   
   • 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
6. change the use of and make available or usable;
   build up
   
   • develop land
   • The country developed its natural resources
   • The remote areas of the country were gradually built up
7. elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses;
   explicate, formulate
   
   • Could you develop the ideas in your thesis
8. create by training and teaching;
   train, prepare, educate
   
   • The old master is training world-class violinists
   • we develop the leaders for the future
9. be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest; "The plot developed slowly";
10. 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
11. become technologically advanced;
    modernize, modernise
    
    • Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace
    • Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly
12. cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development;
    make grow
    
    • The perfect climate here develops the grain
    • He developed a new kind of apple
13. generate gradually
    
    • We must develop more potential customers
    • develop a market for the new mobile phone
14. grow emotionally or mature;
    grow
    
    • 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
15. make visible by means of chemical solutions
    
    • Please develop this roll of film for me
16. superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry
17. move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions
    
    • Spassky developed quickly
18. move into a strategically more advantageous position
    
    • develop the rook
19. 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
20. happen;
    break, recrudesce
    
    • Report the news as it develops
    • These political movements recrudesce from time to time
21. expand in the form of a series
    
    • Develop the function in the following form