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developed

[dih-vel-uhp]

verb (used with object)

to bring out the capabilities or possibilities of; bring to a more advanced or effective state: to develop natural resources; to develop one's musical talent.

to cause to grow or expand: to develop one's muscles.

to elaborate or expand in detail: to develop a theory.

to bring into being or activity; generate; evolve.

Drafting. to transfer the details of (a more or less two-dimensional design, pattern, or the like) from one surface, especially one that is prismatic or cylindrical, onto another, usually planar, in such a way that the distances between points remain the same.

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Biology.

to cause to go through the process of natural evolution from a previous and lower stage.

to cause to progress from an embryonic to an adult form.

Mathematics. to express in an extended form, as in a series.

Music. to unfold, by various technical means, the inherent possibilities of (a theme).

Photography.

to render visible (the latent image on an exposed film or the like).

to treat (an exposed film or the like) with chemicals so as to render the latent image visible.

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Chess. to bring (a piece) into effective play, especially during the initial phase of a game when pieces are moved from their original position on the board: He developed his rook by castling.

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Mining. to prepare (a new mine) for working by digging access openings and building necessary structures.

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verb (used without object)

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to grow into a more mature or advanced state; advance; expand: She is developing into a good reporter.

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to come gradually into existence or operation; be evolved.

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to be disclosed; become evident or manifest: The plot of the novel developed slowly.

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to undergo developing, as a photographic film.

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Biology.

to progress from an embryonic to an adult form.

to progress from earlier to later stages of ontogeny or phylogeny.

to reach sexual maturity.

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Origin:
1585–95; < Middle French développer, Old French desveloper, equivalent to des- dis-¹ + voloper to wrap up; see envelop

Related forms

de·vel·op·a·ble, adjective

de·vel·op·a·bil·i·ty, noun

half-de·vel·oped, adjective

hy·per·de·vel·oped, adjective

mis·de·vel·op, verb

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non·de·vel·op·a·ble, adjective

pre·de·vel·op, verb

un·de·vel·op·a·ble, adjective

well-de·vel·oped, adjective

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Researchers from developed countries often feel an obligation to their financial supporters.

The big emerging economies were not duped into taking on the developed world's carbon emissions.

Learn more about the snow leopard and see how new measures are being developed to track its population.

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Researchers from developed countries often feel an obligation to their financial supporters.

The big emerging economies were not duped into taking on the developed world's carbon emissions.

Learn more about the snow leopard and see how new measures are being developed to track its population.

As a result, processes have been developed to remove the compound.

Hawaiian cuisine has developed through a peculiar combination of abundance and scarcity.

Thanks to a recently developed building material--composite lumber, designed for decking--you can build rotproof raised beds.

Its privately developed rocket has made it into space.

Maximenko has developed a computer model to track ocean debris.

Emerging economies now have greater heft on many measures than developed ones.

UK researchers have developed a series of robots that power up by digesting sugar, rotten apples, and dead flies.

Breeding for seedlessness usually fails to produce the fully developed fruit consumers demand.

Today, scientists have developed the spectacularly precise atomic clock, based on the oscillation frequency of the cesium atom.

If you've developed a successful method, continue to follow it.

One company has developed products that sense hand movements to give computer commands.

Jenzabar® is a leading provider of software and services developed exclusively for higher education.

Recently developed nanorod composites could change that.

But only recently have scientists developed computer models to reveal how these reversals.

Coloring books developed by psychologists help kids avoid long-lasting emotional problems.

Moses did so much folding and twisting that he developed serious tendonitis.

She'd developed one of those strange problems known only to.

The former entrepreneur has developed a counterintuitive.

The college has developed computer numerical control, machine-repair, and welding programs.

Many developed countries are counting on a surge in exports to boost their own sluggish domestic economies.

Skipper caterpillars have developed an unusual form of waste disposal.

Researchers have developed a potent weapon against the paralyzing disease botulism.

New machines developed for this telescope ensure that measuring the distance of far-off galaxies will be faster than ever.

When the seedlings have developed their second set of true leaves, it's time to transplant or thin them.

German researchers have developed a microscope that depicts cells in never-before-seen detail.

Face-to-face and online curricula will also be developed for entrepreneurs working in developing countries.

In the developed world, and probably in the emerging.

They have already developed a synthetic version of one compound that shows promise as a painkiller.

Scientists have developed a new weapon for the war on drugs: a novel method for tracing the illicit substances on currency.

Kiva connects individual lenders from the developed world to individual borrowers in the developing world.

Anderson developed several signature items and opened many new properties.

They're applying algorithms developed by biologists to decipher the secrets of closed networks.

Kramer has developed a linear model to explain the type of social paranoia common to graduate students.

On many measures, the emerging economies now have more heft and reach than the developed ones.

They have already developed a synthetic version of one of the venom's compounds that has promise as a powerful painkiller.

In particular, scientists have developed the tools to exploit a type of laser light known as an optical frequency comb.

They developed resilient breeds of crops such as potatoes, quinoa and corn.

Her students' parents would bring her pounds of zucchini, and she developed this soup as a way to use up all that squash.

Trapster, a free app developed by a company that goes by.

About a month ago, one of the cats developed a small bald spot on her head.

Although growth in emerging markets has held up, equities have not performed much better there than in the developed world.

Have students speculate where ports might have developed and why.

Shinbrot sat up at night for months thinking about it, and eventually he developed a theory.

The scientists' conclusions are made possible by several new excavation techniques they've developed.

All have developed strategies for surviving dry summers.

Piasecki was perhaps best known as the man who successfully developed.

One of the defining moments in the essay described how my dad developed epilepsy as a middle-aged man.

In particular, emerging markets will likely have to tighten monetary policy sooner than developed economies.

It was developed and reviewed with input from scientists, teachers and museum educators.

Frogs from an ancient lineage reveal that the amphibians developed the ability to jump before they had mastered.

The ability to digest lactose developed first in the regions shown in white, then expanded outward.

These hybrids were originally developed for greenhouse forcing.

Schoolchildren developed strange rashes and vague, unexplained allergies.

One example of a site that was developed to carry out legitimate research is maintained by.

Another worry about offshoring, and globalisation more generally, is that it bears down on wages in developed economies.

Many animals have developed tricks that keep them off the dinner table.

Somebody from a developing country was exporting crabs to a developed country with out fixing a lid on the box.

Withers developed the negatives and prints at home, washing them in the bathtub and drying them in the oven.

Here, he developed many of the items considered signature representations of the company.

Some of the robots that are being developed may also be used to shoot at human targets, iRobot suggested.

Over time, it has developed global partnerships and international support.

Leave the developed markets to worry about how to reform their highly evolved financial systems.

They developed special toes that let them cling to wet leaves and scurry up slippery vines.

The researchers developed cultures from samples of healthy coral and colonies afflicted with whitepox.

The device was developed to help astronauts repair or retrieve orbiting satellites.

Along the way they've developed considerable expertise about which roses grow best in which climates.

Researchers have developed technology that can project a beam of sound so narrow that only one person can hear.

Better articulation agreements need to be developed between secondary and postsecondary education.

Almost everybody in the developed world now has one, and growth is booming in the developing world too.

Almost half of the world's people now live in cities, and the proportion is even higher in the developed regions of the world.

Neanderthals were socially developed enough to bury their dead.

We developed this recipe for ribs, but it's also a winner with steak.

And colleges have developed a range of approaches to the credit question, offering internship-based.

Scientists have developed a mechanical version of the leech that removes blood and promotes wound healing.

As new research is developed and tested, it can be added to the model.

Although it was developed as a topping and filling for our spice cake, this candy tastes great with a cup of joe too.

It was only one week after the release of the peripheral that a driver was developed for a contest.

But the newfound creatures did sport fully developed plastrons-the flat part of a turtle shell that covers and protects the belly.

At age five, she developed the ability to make herself weep while performing tragic poetry.

And once they've developed a taste for eggs, it's hard to break them of the habit.

Other options may be developed on a case-by-case basis.

Several small steam eruptions occurred, new fissures appeared, and a bulge developed on the north flank of the volcano.

She'd developed one of those strange problems known only to birds.

Discover how whales developed their sense of hearing.

They built incredible buildings, made beautiful art, and developed a form of writing.

But thanks to new technology originally developed for the semiconductor industry, the bell may never crack again.

The geographical distribution of wolves and dog breeds and the reasons why certain dog breeds were developed in certain locations.

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Word Origin & History

develop

1650s, "unroll, unfold," from Fr. developper, replacing English disvelop (1590s, from M.Fr. desveloper), both from O.Fr. desveloper, from des- "undo" + veloper "wrap up," of uncertain origin, possibly Celtic or Germanic. Modern figurative use is 18c. The photographic sense is from 1845; the real estate

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sense is from 1890.

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American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

develop de·vel·op (dĭ-věl'əp)
v. de·vel·oped, de·vel·op·ing, de·vel·ops

To progress from earlier to later stages of a life cycle.
To progress from earlier to later or from simpler to more complex stages of evolution.
To aid in the growth of; strengthen.
To grow by degrees into a more advanced or mature state.
To become affected with a disease; contract.

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