de·vel·op
Pronunciation Key
de·vel·oped , de·vel·op·ing , de·vel·ops
tr.
To bring from latency to or toward fulfillment: an instructor who develops the capabilities of each student.
To expand or enlarge: developed a national corporation into a worldwide business.
To aid in the growth of; strengthen: exercises that develop muscles.
To improve the quality of; refine: develops his recipes to perfection; an extra year of study to develop virtuosic technique.
To cause to become more complex or intricate; add detail and fullness to; elaborate: began with a good premise but developed it without imagination.
Music To elaborate (a theme) with rhythmic and harmonic variations.To bring into being gradually: develop a new cottage industry.
To set forth or clarify by degrees: developed her thesis in a series of articles.
To come to have gradually; acquire: develop a taste for opera; develop a friendship.
To become affected with; contract; developed a rash; developed agoraphobia.
To influence the behavior of toward a specific end: an investigator who develops witnesses through flattery and intimidation.
To cause (a tract of land) to serve a particular purpose: developed the site as a community of condominiums.
To make available and effective to fulfill a particular end or need: develop the state's water resources to serve a growing population.
To convert or transform: developed the play into a movie.
To process (a photosensitive material), especially with chemicals, in order to render a recorded image visible.
To render (an image) visible by this means.
To cause to become more complex or intricate; add detail and fullness to; elaborate: began with a good premise but developed it without imagination.
Music To elaborate (a theme) with rhythmic and harmonic variations.To bring into being gradually: develop a new cottage industry.
To set forth or clarify by degrees: developed her thesis in a series of articles.
To come to have gradually; acquire: develop a taste for opera; develop a friendship.
To become affected with; contract; developed a rash; developed agoraphobia.
To influence the behavior of toward a specific end: an investigator who develops witnesses through flattery and intimidation.
To cause (a tract of land) to serve a particular purpose: developed the site as a community of condominiums.
To make available and effective to fulfill a particular end or need: develop the state's water resources to serve a growing population.
To convert or transform: developed the play into a movie.
To process (a photosensitive material), especially with chemicals, in order to render a recorded image visible.
To render (an image) visible by this means.
To bring into being gradually: develop a new cottage industry.
To set forth or clarify by degrees: developed her thesis in a series of articles.
To come to have gradually; acquire: develop a taste for opera; develop a friendship.
To become affected with; contract; developed a rash; developed agoraphobia.
To influence the behavior of toward a specific end: an investigator who develops witnesses through flattery and intimidation.
To cause (a tract of land) to serve a particular purpose: developed the site as a community of condominiums.
To make available and effective to fulfill a particular end or need: develop the state's water resources to serve a growing population.
To convert or transform: developed the play into a movie.
To process (a photosensitive material), especially with chemicals, in order to render a recorded image visible.
To render (an image) visible by this means.
To come to have gradually; acquire: develop a taste for opera; develop a friendship.
To become affected with; contract; developed a rash; developed agoraphobia.
To influence the behavior of toward a specific end: an investigator who develops witnesses through flattery and intimidation.
To cause (a tract of land) to serve a particular purpose: developed the site as a community of condominiums.
To make available and effective to fulfill a particular end or need: develop the state's water resources to serve a growing population.
To convert or transform: developed the play into a movie.
To process (a photosensitive material), especially with chemicals, in order to render a recorded image visible.
To render (an image) visible by this means.
To cause gradually to acquire a specific role, function, or form, as:To influence the behavior of toward a specific end: an investigator who develops witnesses through flattery and intimidation.
To cause (a tract of land) to serve a particular purpose: developed the site as a community of condominiums.
To make available and effective to fulfill a particular end or need: develop the state's water resources to serve a growing population.
To convert or transform: developed the play into a movie.
To process (a photosensitive material), especially with chemicals, in order to render a recorded image visible.
To render (an image) visible by this means.
Games To move (a chess piece) to or toward a more strategic position.To process (a photosensitive material), especially with chemicals, in order to render a recorded image visible.
To render (an image) visible by this means.
intr.
To grow by degrees into a more advanced or mature state: With hard work, she developed into a great writer. See Synonyms at mature .
To increase or expand.
To improve; advance: Their skill developed until it rivaled their teacher's.
To progress from earlier to later stages of a life cycle: Caterpillars develop into butterflies.
To progress from earlier to later or from simpler to more complex stages of evolution.
To come gradually into existence or activity: Tension developed between students and faculty.
To come gradually to light; be disclosed: reports the news as it develops.
Biology To progress from earlier to later stages of a life cycle: Caterpillars develop into butterflies.
To progress from earlier to later or from simpler to more complex stages of evolution.
développer , from Old French desveloper : des- , dis- + voloper , to wrap (possibly of Celtic origin ).]
de·vel'op·a·ble adj.
(dĭ-věl'əp) Pronunciation Key
