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develop > 21 senses
VERB	1	develop	Make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation
	2	develop, evolve, germinate	Work out
	3	develop, acquire, evolve	Gain through experience
	4	develop, grow, produce, get, acquire	Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
	5	develop, originate, arise, rise, uprise, spring up, grow	Come into existence
	6	develop, build up	Change the use of and make available or usable
	7	develop, explicate, formulate	Elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
	8	develop, train, prepare, educate	Create by training and teaching
	9	develop	Be gradually disclosed or unfolded
	10	develop	Grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment
	11	develop, modernize, modernise	Become technologically advanced
	12	develop, make grow	Cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development
	13	develop	Generate gradually
	14	develop, grow	Grow emotionally or mature
	15	develop	Make visible by means of chemical solutions
	16	develop	Superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry
	17	develop	Move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions
	18	develop	Move into a strategically more advantageous position
	19	develop	Elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme
	20	develop, break, recrudesce	Happen
	21	develop	Expand in the form of a series

develop > pronunciation
Sounds	dihveh'lahp
Rhymes	archbishop, backup, bishop, and 63 more rhymes in ahp...

develop > verb 1, creation
Meaning	Make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples	"Her company developed a new kind of building material that withstands all kinds of weather"; "They developed a new technique"
Similar to	evolve, germinate, develop
Broader	create
Narrower	build
Nouns	development

develop > verb 2, creation
Meaning	Work out.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Model	Did he develop his major works over a short period of time?
Examples	"We have developed a new theory of evolution"
Synonyms	evolve, germinate
Similar to	develop
Broader	create by mental act, create mentally

develop > verb 3, change
Meaning	Gain through experience.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples	"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
Similar to	grow, develop, produce, get, acquire; develop; explicate, formulate, develop; develop
Broader	change

develop > verb 4, body
Meaning	Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes).
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples	"The patient developed abdominal pains"; "Well-developed breasts"
Synonyms	grow, produce, get, acquire
Similar to	develop, acquire, evolve
Broader	change
Narrower	fledge, feather; regrow; spring; sprout, stock; stool, tiller; leaf; pod; teethe; pupate; work up, get up; cut
Nouns	development

develop > verb 5, stative
Meaning	Come into existence. Take on form or shape.
Pattern	Something ----s
Synonyms	originate, arise, rise, uprise, spring up, grow
Similar to	develop
Broader	become
Narrower	resurge; come forth, emerge; come, follow; well up, swell; head

develop > verb 6, change
Meaning	Change the use of and make available or usable.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"develop land"; "The country developed its natural resources"
Synonyms	build up
Similar to	develop, make grow; modernize, modernise, develop; train, develop, prepare, educate; develop
Broader	better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
Narrower	redevelop; settle
Nouns	development; developer; development

develop > verb 7, communication
Meaning	Elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"
Synonyms	explicate, formulate
Similar to	develop; develop, acquire, evolve
Broader	speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose
Narrower	mature; redevelop, reformulate

develop > verb 8, cognition
Meaning	Create by training and teaching.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody
Examples	"we develop the leaders for the future"
Synonyms	train, prepare, educate
Similar to	build up, develop; train, prepare; prepare, groom, train
Broader	teach, learn, instruct
Narrower	retrain; drill; housebreak, house-train; toilet-train

develop > verb 9, change
Meaning	Be gradually disclosed or unfolded. Become manifest.
Pattern	It ----s that CLAUSE
Examples	"The plot developed slowly";
Similar to	develop; break, recrudesce, develop; originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow
Broader	happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place

develop > verb 10, change
Meaning	Grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment.
Pattern	Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP
Examples	"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"
Similar to	develop
Caused by	develop, make grow
Broader	grow
Narrower	differentiate; dedifferentiate; grow; senesce, age, get on, mature, maturate; age; progress, come on, come along, advance, get on, get along, shape up; mature, maturate, grow; evolve; adolesce; build up, work up, build, progress; incubate; blossom, blossom out, blossom forth, unfold; bloom, blossom, flower; spike, spike out; bud
Nouns	development
Participle	developing

develop > verb 11, change
Meaning	Become technologically advanced.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody
Examples	"Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"
Synonyms	modernize, modernise
Similar to	build up, develop
Broader	change
Nouns	development

develop > verb 12, change
Meaning	Cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples	"The perfect climate here develops the grain"; "He developed a new kind of apple"
Synonyms	make grow
Similar to	build up, develop
Cause to	grow; develop
Broader	change, alter, modify
Narrower	grow; work out, work up; elaborate, work out; foliate; discipline, train, check, condition

develop > verb 13, creation
Meaning	Generate gradually.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something
Examples	"We must develop more potential customers"; "develop a market for the new mobile phone"
Similar to	build up, develop; develop, acquire, evolve
Broader	generate, bring forth
Narrower	make

develop > verb 14, change
Meaning	Grow emotionally or mature.
Pattern	Something ----s; Somebody ----s
Model	Sam and Sue develop
Examples	"The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten"
Synonyms	grow
Broader	change
Narrower	outgrow; make
Nouns	development

develop > verb 15, perception
Meaning	Make visible by means of chemical solutions.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"Please develop this roll of film for me"
Category	photography, picture taking; photography
Broader	change, alter, modify
Narrower	solarize, solarise; underdevelop; redevelop
Nouns	development, developing; developer
Participle	developing

develop > verb 16, contact
Meaning	Superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Broader	superimpose, superpose, lay over

develop > verb 17, competition
Meaning	Move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions.
Pattern	Somebody ----s
Examples	"Spassky developed quickly"
Similar to	develop
Category	chess, chess game
Broader	play
Nouns	development

develop > verb 18, competition
Meaning	Move into a strategically more advantageous position.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"develop the rook"
Similar to	develop
Category	chess, chess game
Broader	play
Nouns	development

develop > verb 19, change
Meaning	Elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"develop the melody and change the key"
Similar to	develop, acquire, evolve; explicate, formulate, develop
Broader	complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate

develop > verb 20, change
Meaning	Happen.
Pattern	Something ----s
Examples	"Report the news as it develops"
Synonyms	break, recrudesce
Similar to	develop
Broader	happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
Nouns	development

develop > verb 21, change
Meaning	Expand in the form of a series.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"Develop the function in the following form"
Category	mathematics, math, maths
Broader	expand

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