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Verb develop has 21 senses

develop - 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"
--₁ is one way to create

Derived form: noun development₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
evolve, germinate, develop - work out; "We have developed a new theory of evolution"
--₂ is one way to create by mental act, create mentally
Sample sentence:
Did he develop his major works over a short period of time?
develop, acquire, evolve - 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"
--₃ is one way to change
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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
grow, develop, produce, get, acquire - 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"
--₄ is one way to change

Derived form: noun development₇
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow - 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"
--₅ is one way to become
Sample sentence:
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build up, develop - 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"
--₆ is one way to better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate

Derived forms: noun development₅, noun development₄, noun developer₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
explicate, formulate, develop - elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"
--₇ is one way to speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
train, develop, prepare, educate - create by training and teaching; "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future"
--₈ is one way to teach, learn, instruct
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
develop - be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest; "The plot developed slowly";
--₉ is one way to happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
Sample sentence:
It ----s that CLAUSE
develop - 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"
--₁₀ is one way to grow

Derived form: noun development₇
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
modernize, modernise, develop - become technologically advanced; "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly"
--₁₁ is one way to change

Derived form: noun development₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
develop, make grow - 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"
--₁₂ is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
develop - generate gradually; "We must develop more potential customers"; "develop a market for the new mobile phone"
--₁₃ is one way to generate, bring forth
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
develop, grow - 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"
--₁₄ is one way to change

Derived form: noun development₂
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue develop
develop - make visible by means of chemical solutions; "Please develop this roll of film for me"
--₁₅ is one way to change, alter, modify

Derived forms: noun development₈, noun developer₂, noun developing₁
Sample sentence:
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develop - superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry
--₁₆ is one way to superimpose, superpose, lay over
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develop - move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions; "Spassky developed quickly"
--₁₇ is one way to play

Derived form: noun development₆
Sample sentence:
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develop - move into a strategically more advantageous position; "develop the rook"
--₁₈ is one way to play

Derived form: noun development₆
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
develop - 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"
--₁₉ is one way to complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate
Sample sentence:
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break, recrudesce, develop - happen; "Report the news as it develops"; "These political movements recrudesce from time to time"
--₂₀ is one way to happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place

Derived form: noun development₃
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
develop - expand in the form of a series; "Develop the function in the following form"
--₂₁ is one way to expand
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something