Meaning : Make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation.

Example : Her company developed a new kind of building material that withstands all kinds of weather.
They developed a new technique.

Meaning : Work out.

Example : We have developed a new theory of evolution.

Synonyms : evolve, germinate

Meaning : Gain through experience.

Example : 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.

Synonyms : acquire, evolve

Meaning : Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes).

Example : He grew a beard.
The patient developed abdominal pains.
I got funny spots all over my body.
Well-developed breasts.

Synonyms : acquire, get, grow, produce

Meaning : Come into existence. Take on form or shape.

Example : 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.

Synonyms : arise, grow, originate, rise, spring up, uprise

Meaning : Change the use of and make available or usable.

Example : Develop land.
The country developed its natural resources.
The remote areas of the country were gradually built up.

Synonyms : build up

Meaning : Elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses.

Example : Could you develop the ideas in your thesis.

Synonyms : explicate, formulate

Meaning : Create by training and teaching.

Example : The old master is training world-class violinists.
We develop the leaders for the future.

Synonyms : educate, prepare, train

Meaning : Be gradually disclosed or unfolded. Become manifest.

Example : The plot developed slowly.

Meaning : Grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment.

Example : 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.

Meaning : Become technologically advanced.

Example : Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace.
Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly.

Synonyms : modernise, modernize

Meaning : Cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development.

Example : The perfect climate here develops the grain.
He developed a new kind of apple.

Synonyms : make grow

Meaning : Generate gradually.

Example : We must develop more potential customers.
Develop a market for the new mobile phone.

Meaning : Grow emotionally or mature.

Example : 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.

Synonyms : grow

Meaning : Make visible by means of chemical solutions.

Example : Please develop this roll of film for me.

Meaning : Superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry.

Meaning : Move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions.

Example : Spassky developed quickly.

Meaning : Move into a strategically more advantageous position.

Example : Develop the rook.

Meaning : Elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme.

Example : Develop the melody and change the key.

Meaning : Happen.

Example : Report the news as it develops.
These political movements recrudesce from time to time.

Synonyms : break, recrudesce

Meaning : Expand in the form of a series.

Example : Develop the function in the following form.