develop

Definitions of develop in various dictionaries:

verb - make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation

verb - work out

verb - gain through experience

verb - come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)

verb - come into existence

verb - change the use of and make available or usable

verb - elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses

verb - create by training and teaching

verb - be gradually disclosed or unfolded

verb - grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment

verb - become technologically advanced

verb - cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development

verb - generate gradually

verb - grow emotionally or mature

verb - make visible by means of chemical solutions

verb - superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry

verb - move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions

verb - move into a strategically more advantageous position

verb - elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme

verb - happen

verb - expand in the form of a series

To bring from latency to or toward fulfillment: an instructor who develops the capabilities of each student.

To expand or enlarge: developed a national corporation into a worldwide business.

To aid in the growth of; strengthen: exercises that develop muscles.

To improve the quality of; refine: develops his recipes to perfection; an extra year of study to develop virtuosic technique.

To cause to become more complex or intricate; add detail and fullness to; elaborate: began with a good premise but developed it without imagination.

To elaborate (a theme) with rhythmic and harmonic variations.

To bring into being gradually: develop a new cottage industry.

To set forth or clarify by degrees: developed her thesis in a series of articles.

To come to have gradually; acquire: develop a taste for opera; develop a friendship.

To become affected with; contract: developed a rash; developed agoraphobia.

To influence the behavior of toward a specific end: an investigator who develops witnesses through flattery and intimidation.

To cause (a tract of land) to serve a particular purpose: developed the site as a community of condominiums.

To make available and effective to fulfill a particular end or need: develop the state’s water resources to serve a growing population.

To convert or transform: developed the play into a movie.

To move (a chess piece) to or toward a more strategic position.

To process (a photosensitive material), especially with chemicals, in order to render a recorded image visible.

To render (an image) visible by this means.

To increase or expand.

To improve; advance: Their skill developed until it rivaled their teacher’s.

To come gradually into existence or activity: Tension developed between students and faculty.

To come gradually to light; be disclosed: reports the news as it develops.

Biology.

To progress from earlier to later stages of a life cycle: Caterpillars develop into butterflies.

To progress from earlier to later or from simpler to more complex stages of evolution.

verb - to bring to a more advanced or effective state