Develop

Quick meaning: Develop is a verb meaning (transitive or impersonal, now rare) To discover, find out; to uncover.

Meaning

(transitive or impersonal, now rare) To discover, find out; to uncover.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To change with a specific direction, progress.
2. (ambitransitive) To progress through a sequence of stages.
3. (transitive) To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
4. (transitive) To create.
5. (transitive) To bring out images latent in photographic film.
6. (transitive) To acquire something usually over a period of time.
7. (chess, transitive) To place one's pieces actively.

Example Sentences

We must develop our own resources to the utmost.

I need to develop a plan for the next three weeks.

Let's see how things develop and then make our decision.

‘The mystery which I cannot develop, may by that time be removed […].’

Word Forms

• develops
• developing
• developed
• developt
• develope

Synonyms for develop

Depending on context, synonyms include shift, convert, draw, evolve, metamorphize, metamorphose.

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Related dictionary entries include originate, get, acquire, prepare, produce, modernize.

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