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D0177600 (dĭ-vĕl′əp)v. de·vel·oped, de·vel·op·ing, de·vel·ops v.tr.1. To bring from latency to or toward fulfillment: an instructor who develops the capabilities of each student.2. a. To expand or enlarge: developed a national corporation into a worldwide business.b. To aid in the growth of; strengthen: exercises that develop muscles.c. To improve the quality of; refine: develops his recipes to perfection; an extra year of study to develop virtuosic technique.3. a. To cause to become more complex or intricate; add detail and fullness to; elaborate: began with a good premise but developed it without imagination.b. Music To elaborate (a theme) with rhythmic and harmonic variations.4. a. To bring into being gradually: develop a new cottage industry.b. To set forth or clarify by degrees: developed her thesis in a series of articles.5. a. To come to have gradually; acquire: develop a taste for opera; develop a friendship.b. To become affected with; contract: developed a rash; developed agoraphobia.6. To cause gradually to acquire a specific role, function, or form, as:a. To influence the behavior of toward a specific end: an investigator who develops witnesses through flattery and intimidation.b. To cause (a tract of land or a building) to serve a particular purpose: developed the site as a community of condominiums.c. To make available and effective to fulfill a particular end or need: develop the state's water resources to serve a growing population.d. To convert or transform: developed the play into a movie.7. Games To move (a chess piece) to or toward a more strategic position.8. a. To process (a photosensitive medium such as exposed film) in order to produce a photographic image.b. To produce (a photographic image) by use of a photosensitive medium or by printing from a digital file.v.intr.1. a. To grow by degrees into a more advanced or mature state: With hard work, she developed into a great writer.b. To increase or expand: Sales developed until we needed a bigger warehouse.c. To improve; advance: Their skill developed until it rivaled their teacher's.2. To come gradually into existence or activity: Tension developed between students and faculty.3. To come gradually to light; be disclosed: reports the news as it develops.4. Biology a. To progress from earlier to later stages of a life cycle: Caterpillars develop into butterflies.b. To progress from earlier to later stages of evolution: Mammals developed during the Mesozoic Era.c. To acquire secondary sex characteristics. Used especially of a girl.

[French développer, from Old French desveloper : des-, dis- + voloper, to wrap (possibly of Celtic origin).]

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(dɪˈvɛləp) vb1. to come or bring to a later or more advanced or expanded stage; grow or cause to grow gradually2. (tr) to elaborate or work out in detail3. to disclose or unfold (thoughts, a plot, etc) gradually or (of thoughts, etc) to be gradually disclosed or unfolded4. to come or bring into existence; generate or be generated: he developed a new faith in God. 5. (often foll by: from) to follow as a result (of); ensue (from): a row developed following the chairman's remarks. 6. (Pathology) (tr) to contract (a disease or illness)7. (Human Geography) (tr) to improve the value or change the use of (land), as by building8. (Human Geography) (tr) to exploit or make available the natural resources of (a country or region)9. (Photography) (tr) photog a. to treat (film, plate, or paper previously exposed to light, or the latent image in such material) with chemical solutions in order to produce a visible imageb. to process (photographic material) in order to produce negatives and prints10. (Biology) biology to progress or cause to progress from simple to complex stages in the growth of an individual or the evolution of a species11. (Music, other) (tr) to elaborate upon (a musical theme) by varying the melody, key, etc12. (Mathematics) (tr) maths to expand (a function or expression) in the form of a series13. (Mathematics) (tr) geometry to project or roll out (a surface) onto a plane without stretching or shrinking any element14. (Chess & Draughts) chess to bring (a piece) into play from its initial position on the back rank15. (tr) obsolete to disclose or reveal[C19: from Old French desveloper to unwrap, from des- dis-¹ + veloper to wrap; see envelop] deˈvelopable adj

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v.t. 1. to bring out the possibilities of; bring to a more advanced, effective, or usable state: to develop one's talents; to develop natural resources. 2. to cause to grow or expand: to develop one's biceps. 3. to bring into being or activity; produce: to develop new techniques. 4. to generate or acquire, as by natural growth or internal processes: to develop broad shoulders; to develop an allergy. 5. to elaborate or expand in detail: to develop a theory. 6. to build on or otherwise change the use of (a piece of land), esp. so as to make more profitable. 7. to cause to mature or evolve. 8. to treat (an exposed film) with chemicals so as to render the latent image visible. 9. to elaborate or transform the melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic characteristics of (musical themes or motifs). 10. Math. to express in an extended form, as in a series. 11. to bring (a chess piece) into effective play. v.i. 12. to grow into a more mature state; advance; expand. 13. to come gradually into existence or operation. 14. a. to progress from an embryonic to an adult form. b. to progress from earlier to later stages of ontogeny or phylogeny. c. to reach sexual maturity. 15. to be disclosed: The plot develops slowly. 16. to undergo developing, as a photographic film. [1585–95; < Middle French développer, Old French desveloper=des- dis-¹ + voloper to wrap up] de•vel′op•a•ble, adj.

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Conditional
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Verb	1.	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"evolve, germinate, develop - work out; "We have developed a new theory of evolution"build - give form to, according to a plan; "build a modern nation"; "build a million-dollar business"create - bring into existence; "The company was created 25 years ago"; "He created a new movement in painting"
	2.	develop - work out; "We have developed a new theory of evolution"evolve, germinatecreate by mental act, create mentally - create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's handsdevelop - 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"
	3.	develop - 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"evolve, acquireacquire, develop, produce, grow, get - 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"change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"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"formulate, explicate, develop - elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"develop - generate gradually; "We must develop more potential customers"; "develop a market for the new mobile phone"
	4.	develop - 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"acquire, produce, grow, getfledge, feather - grow feathers; "The young sparrows are fledging already"regrow - grow anew or continue growth after an injury or interruption; "parts of the trunk of this tree can regrow"; "some invertebrates can regrow limbs or their tail after they lost it due to an injury"spring - develop suddenly; "The tire sprang a leak"sprout, stock - put forth and grow sprouts or shoots; "the plant sprouted early this year"tiller, stool - grow shoots in the form of stools or tillersleaf - produce leaves, of plantspod - produce pods, of plantsteethe - grow teeth; cut the baby teeth; "The little one is teething now"pupate - develop into a pupa; "the insect larva pupate"work up, get up - develop; "we worked up an as of an appetite"cut - have grow through the gums; "The baby cut a tooth"change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"develop, evolve, acquire - 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"
	5.	develop - 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"arise, originate, spring up, uprise, rise, growdevelop - be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest; "The plot developed slowly";become - come into existence; "What becomes has duration"resurge - rise again; "His need for a meal resurged"; "The candidate resurged after leaving politics for several years"come forth, emerge - happen or occur as a result of somethingcome, follow - to be the product or result; "Melons come from a vine"; "Understanding comes from experience"well up, swell - come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things); "Strong emotions welled up"; "Smoke swelled from it"head - take its rise; "These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas"
	6.	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"build upredevelop - change the plans for the use of (land)ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better - to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"make grow, develop - 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"modernise, modernize, develop - become technologically advanced; "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly"settle - establish or develop as a residence; "He settled the farm 200 years ago"; "This land was settled by Germans"train, educate, prepare, develop - create by training and teaching; "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future"develop - generate gradually; "We must develop more potential customers"; "develop a market for the new mobile phone"
	7.	develop - elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"formulate, explicatedevelop - 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"develop, evolve, acquire - 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"hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, conjecture, theorise, theorize, hypothecate, suppose - to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"mature - develop and work out fully in one's mind; "I need to mature my thoughts"reformulate, redevelop - formulate or develop again, of an improved theory or hypothesis
	8.	develop - create by training and teaching; "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future"train, educate, preparebuild 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"train, prepare - undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession; "She is training to be a teacher"; "He trained as a legal aid"retrain - teach new skills; "We must retrain the linguists who cannot find employment"drill - train in the military, e.g., in the use of weaponshousebreak, house-train - train (a pet) to live cleanly in a housetoilet-train - train (a small child) to use the toiletinstruct, teach, learn - impart skills or knowledge to; "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat"groom, train, prepare - educate for a future role or function; "He is grooming his son to become his successor"; "The prince was prepared to become King one day"; "They trained him to be a warrior"
	9.	develop - be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest; "The plot developed slowly";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"recrudesce, develop, break - happen; "Report the news as it develops"; "These political movements recrudesce from time to time"hap, happen, occur, come about, take place, go on, pass off, fall out, pass - come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"arise, originate, spring up, uprise, develop, grow, rise - 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"
	10.	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"differentiate - become different during development; "cells differentiate"dedifferentiate - lose specialization in form or functiongrow - become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain; "The problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast"grow - increase in size by natural process; "Corn doesn't grow here"; "In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees"; "her hair doesn't grow much anymore"senesce, age, maturate, mature, get on - grow old or older; "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce"age - begin to seem older; get older; "The death of his wife caused him to age fast"progress, shape up, come along, come on, get along, get on, advance - develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up"maturate, mature, grow - develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation; "He matured fast"; "The child grew fast"evolve - undergo development or evolution; "Modern man evolved a long time ago"adolesce - become adolescent; pass through adolescence; "The children are beginning to adolesce around the age of 12"work up, build, build up, progress - form or accumulate steadily; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border"incubate - grow under conditions that promote developmentblossom forth, blossom out, unfold, blossom - develop or come to a promising stage; "Youth blossomed into maturity"bloom, blossom, flower - produce or yield flowers; "The cherry tree bloomed"spike out, spike - bring forth a spike or spikes; "my hyacinths and orchids are spiking now"develop - be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest; "The plot developed slowly";bud - develop buds; "The hibiscus is budding!"
	11.	develop - become technologically advanced; "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly"modernise, modernizechange - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"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"
	12.	develop - 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"make growalter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"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"grow - cause to grow or develop; "He grows vegetables in his backyard"work out, work up - come up with; "His colleagues worked out his interesting idea"; "We worked up an ad for our client"work out, elaborate - work out in detail; "elaborate a plan"foliate - grow leaves; "the tree foliated in Spring"discipline, condition, train, check - develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control; "Parents must discipline their children"; "Is this dog trained?"
	13.	develop - generate gradually; "We must develop more potential customers"; "develop a market for the new mobile phone"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"develop, evolve, acquire - 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"make - favor the development of; "Practice makes the winner"bring forth, generate - bring into existence; "The new manager generated a lot of problems"; "The computer bug generated chaos in the office"; "The computer generated this image"; "The earthquake generated a tsunami"
	14.	develop - 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"growchange - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"outgrow - grow too large or too mature for; "I have outgrown these clothes"; "She outgrew her childish habits"make - develop into; "He will make a splendid father!"
	15.	develop - make visible by means of chemical solutions; "Please develop this roll of film for me"photography, picture taking - the act of taking and printing photographsphotography - the process of producing images of objects on photosensitive surfacesalter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"solarise, solarize - reverse some of the tones of (a negative or print) and introduce pronounced outlines of highlights, by exposing it briefly to light, then washing and redeveloping itunderdevelop - process (a film or photographic plate) less than the required time or in an ineffective solution or at an insufficiently high temperature; "These photos are underdeveloped"redevelop - develop for a second time, in order to improve the contrast, colour, etc., of a negative or print
	16.	develop - superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometrysuperimpose, superpose, lay over - place on top of; "can you superimpose the two images?"
	17.	develop - move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions; "Spassky developed quickly"chess game, chess - a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's kingplay - participate in games or sport; "We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches"develop - move into a strategically more advantageous position; "develop the rook"
	18.	develop - move into a strategically more advantageous position; "develop the rook"chess game, chess - a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's kingplay - participate in games or sport; "We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches"develop - move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions; "Spassky developed quickly"
	19.	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"rarify, refine, complicate, elaborate - make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or pattern"develop, evolve, acquire - 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"formulate, explicate, develop - elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"
	20.	develop - happen; "Report the news as it develops"; "These political movements recrudesce from time to time"recrudesce, breakhap, happen, occur, come about, take place, go on, pass off, fall out, pass - come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"develop - be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest; "The plot developed slowly";
	21.	develop - expand in the form of a series; "Develop the function in the following form"math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangementexpand - make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity; "expand the house by adding another wing"

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verb1. grow, advance, progress, spread, expand, mature, evolve, thrive, flourish, bloom, blossom, burgeon, ripen Children develop at different rates.2. result, follow, arise, issue, happen, spring, stem, derive, break out, ensue, come about, be a direct result of a problem which developed from a leg injury3. establish, set up, promote, generate, undertake, initiate, embark on, cultivate, instigate, inaugurate, set in motion her dreams of developing her own business4. form, start, begin, contract, establish, pick up, breed, acquire, generate, foster, originate She developed a taste for expensive nightclubs.5. fall ill with, get, catch, contract, pick up, succumb to, be infected with, go down with (Brit. informal), come down with, be struck down with, be stricken with, be taken ill with He developed pneumonia after a bout of flu.6. produce, make, create, turn out, manufacture, construct, invent, compose, put together, originate, fabricate Several countries developed nuclear weapons secretly.7. expand, improve, perfect, extend, work out, polish, reinforce, supplement, elaborate, unfold, enlarge, broaden, amplify, augment, flesh out, dilate upon They allowed me to develop their original idea.

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verb1. To bring or come to full development:age, grow, maturate, mature, mellow, ripen.2. To bring (a product or idea, for example) into being:generate, produce.3. To take place:befall, betide, come, come about, come off, hap, happen, occur, pass, transpire.Idiom: come to pass.4. To be disclosed gradually:evolve, unfold.5. To express at greater length or in greater detail:amplify, dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, labor.6. To disclose bit by bit:elaborate, evolve.Idioms: fill in the details, go into detail.7. To come gradually to have:acquire, form.8. To achieve an increase of gradually:build up, gain.9. To become affected with a disease:catch, contract, get, sicken, take.Idiom: come down with.

Translations

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(diˈveləp) – past tense, past participle deˈveloped – verb1. to (cause to) grow bigger or to a more advanced state. The plan developed slowly in his mind; It has developed into a very large city. 发展，开发 2. to acquire gradually. He developed the habit of getting up early. （逐渐）产生 3. to become active, visible etc. Spots developed on her face. 使（颜色等）显现 4. to use chemicals to make (a photograph) visible. My brother develops all his own films. 显影，（照相）冲洗 deˈvelopment noun1. the process or act of developing. a crucial stage in the development of a child. 发展，发育 2. something new which is the result of developing. important new developments in science.开发

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