1. develop - verb
· 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"
Hypernym(s): create
2. develop - verb
· work out; "We have developed a new theory of evolution"
Hypernym(s): create_by_mental_act, create_mentally
3. develop - verb
· 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"
Hypernym(s): change
4. develop - verb
· 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"
Synonym(s): grow, produce, get, acquire
Hypernym(s): change
5. develop - verb
· 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"
Synonym(s): originate, arise, rise, uprise, spring_up, grow
Hypernym(s): become
6. develop - verb
· 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"
Synonym(s): build_up
Hypernym(s): better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
7. develop - verb
· elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"
Synonym(s): explicate, formulate
Hypernym(s): speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose
8. develop - verb
· create by training and teaching; "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future"
Synonym(s): train, prepare, educate
Hypernym(s): teach, learn, instruct
9. develop - verb
· be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest; "The plot developed slowly"
Hypernym(s): happen, hap, go_on, pass_off, occur, pass, fall_out, come_about, take_place
10. develop - verb
· 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"
Hypernym(s): grow
11. develop - verb
· become technologically advanced; "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly"
Synonym(s): modernize, modernise
Hypernym(s): change
12. develop - verb
· 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"
Synonym(s): make_grow
Hypernym(s): change, alter, modify
13. develop - verb
· generate gradually; "We must develop more potential customers"; "develop a market for the new mobile phone"
Hypernym(s): generate, bring_forth
14. develop - verb
· 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"
Synonym(s): grow
Hypernym(s): change
15. develop - verb
· make visible by means of chemical solutions; "Please develop this roll of film for me"
Hypernym(s): change, alter, modify
16. develop - verb
· superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry
Hypernym(s): superimpose, superpose, lay_over
17. develop - verb
· move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions; "Spassky developed quickly"
Hypernym(s): play
18. develop - verb
· move into a strategically more advantageous position; "develop the rook"
Hypernym(s): play
19. develop - verb
· 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"
Hypernym(s): complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate
20. develop - verb
· happen; "Report the news as it develops"; "These political movements recrudesce from time to time"
Synonym(s): break, recrudesce
Hypernym(s): happen, hap, go_on, pass_off, occur, pass, fall_out, come_about, take_place
21. develop - verb
· expand in the form of a series; "Develop the function in the following form"
Hypernym(s): expand
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