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develop

verb
  1. cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development
    “The perfect climate here develops the grain”
    make grow
  2. happen
    “Report the news as it develops”
    operate
  3. be gradually disclosed or unfolded
  4. 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”
  5. become technologically advanced
    “Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace”
    modernizemodernise
  6. grow emotionally or mature
    “The child developed beautifully in their new kindergarten.”
    grow
  7. gain through experience
    acquireevolve
  8. create by training and teaching
    trainprepareeducate
  9. elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
    “Could you develop the ideas in your thesis”
    explicateformulate
  10. move into a strategically more advantageous position
    “develop the rook”
  11. move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions
    “Spassky developed quickly”
  12. superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry
  13. generate gradually
    “We must develop more potential customers”
  14. work out
    “We have developed a new theory of evolution”
    evolvegerminate
  15. make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation
    “My company developed a new kind of building material that withstands all kinds of weather.”
  16. make visible by means of chemical solutions
    “Please develop this roll of film for me”
  17. come into existence
    rise
  18. come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
    get
  19. change the use of and make available or usable
    “develop land”
  20. expand in the form of a series
  21. grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment
    “A flower developed on the branch”