develop (earlier also develope) /di-velˈəp/ transitive verb (develˈoping; develˈoped)- To bring out what is latent or potential in
- To bring to a more advanced or more highly organized state
- To work out the potentialities of
- To elaborate
- To cause to grow or advance
- To evolve
- To contract (a disease)
- To make more available
- To exploit the natural resources of (a region)
- To build on or prepare (land) for building on
- In chess, to bring into a position useful in attack
- To disclose
- To express in expanded form (mathematics)
- To unroll into a plane surface (geometry)
- To render visible (the image on a negative) by the use of chemicals (photography)
- To free from integuments or that which envelops
- To unroll (obsolete)
- To lay open by degrees (obsolete)
intransitive verb- To open out
- To evolve
- To advance through successive stages to a higher, more complex, or more fully grown state
ORIGIN: Fr développer, opposed to envelopper, of obscure origin develˈopable adjective develˈoped adjective develˈoper noun - A person who develops, esp property
- A reagent for developing photographs
- An apparatus for developing muscles
developˈment noun - The act or process of developing
- The state of being developed
- A gradual unfolding or growth
- Evolution
- (an area containing) a number of buildings constructed at the same time
- The expression of a function in the form of a series (mathematics)
- Elaboration of a theme, or that part of a movement in which this occurs (music)
- A new situation that emerges
developmentˈal adjective Relating to development developmentˈally adverb developing country noun A country that is relatively poor and dependent on agriculture but which is becoming more industrialized development aid noun Money and other assistance given by rich industrial nations to developing countries developmental psychology noun The psychology of mental development from birth to maturity development area noun A region of heavy unemployment where new industry is given official encouragement development studies singular noun A branch of knowledge concerned with economic, social and political change in developing countries |