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Type Words
Synonyms educate, prepare, train
Type of instruct, learn, teach
Has types toilet-train, house-train, housebreak, drill, retrain
Verb group train, groom, prepare, build up


we develop the leaders for the future.
Type Words
Synonyms evolve, germinate
Type of create mentally, create by mental act


We have developed a new theory of evolution.
Type Words
Synonyms acquire, get, grow, produce
Type of change
Has types stool, teethe, pod, feather, tiller, work up, sprout, get up, stock, regrow, pupate, leaf, spring, fledge, cut
Verb group evolve, acquire
Derivation development


The patient developed abdominal pains.
Well-developed breasts.
Type Words
Synonyms make grow
Type of modify, alter, change
Has types work up, work out, check, foliate, train, grow, elaborate, discipline, condition
Verb group build up


The perfect climate here develops the grain.
He developed a new kind of apple.
Type Words
Synonyms acquire, evolve
Type of change
Verb group formulate, acquire, explicate, get, grow, produce


Children must develop a sense of right and wrong.
Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position.
develop a passion for painting.
Type Words
Synonyms build up
Type of better, ameliorate, amend, meliorate, improve
Has types settle, redevelop
Verb group modernize, train, prepare, educate, modernise, make grow
Derivation development, developer


develop land.
The country developed its natural resources.
Type Words
Synonyms arise, grow, originate, rise, spring up, uprise
Type of become
Has types come forth, resurge, swell, head, follow, well up, come, emerge
Type Words
Synonyms break, recrudesce
Type of take place, fall out, come about, happen, go on, pass, occur, hap, pass off
Derivation development


Report the news as it develops.
Type Words
Synonyms explicate, formulate
Type of conjecture, suppose, hypothecate, theorise, hypothesise, theorize, hypothesize, speculate
Has types reformulate, redevelop, mature
Verb group acquire, evolve


Could you develop the ideas in your thesis.
Type Words
Synonyms modernise, modernize
Type of change
Verb group build up
Derivation development


Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace.
Type Words
Synonyms grow
Type of change
Has types outgrow, make
Derivation development


The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten.
Type Words
Type of come about, take place, hap, occur, happen, fall out, pass, pass off, go on
Verb group break, spring up, uprise, grow, arise, originate, recrudesce, rise


The plot developed slowly.
Type Words
Type of complicate, elaborate, rarify, refine
Verb group evolve, explicate, formulate, acquire


develop the melody and change the key.
Type Words
Type of expand
Type Words
Type of generate, bring forth
Has types make
Verb group build up, evolve, acquire


We must develop more potential customers.
develop a market for the new mobile phone.
Type Words
Type of grow
Has types bud, grow, incubate, get on, maturate, mature, get along, flower, evolve, differentiate, progress, dedifferentiate, come on, come along, senesce, shape up, spike, spike out, build up, build, blossom out, blossom forth, blossom, bloom, age, advance, adolesce, unfold, work up
Derivation development


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.
Type Words
Type of create
Has types build
Verb group germinate, evolve
Derivation development


Her company developed a new kind of building material that withstands all kinds of weather.
They developed a new technique.
Type Words
Type of alter, modify, change
Has types solarise, underdevelop, redevelop, solarize
Derivation developer, developing, development


Please develop this roll of film for me.
Type Words
Type of play
Derivation development


develop the rook.
Type Words
Type of play
Derivation development


Spassky developed quickly.
Type Words
Type of superimpose, lay over, superpose

Examples of develop

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If a person ignores stress fractures, the bone can develop a full-fledged break.
From the stltoday.com
He has griped openly about the length of time it takes to develop a new vehicle.
From the online.wsj.com
You and your twin need to separate yourselves and develop independent interests.
From the stltoday.com
How and when do we prune to get these two to develop into trees, and not bushes?
From the sfgate.com
The interactive program is designed to develop early literacy and social skills.
From the courier-journal.com
Thin people and those with small frames are more likely to develop osteoporosis.
From the latimes.com
Scientists knew that people with the mutant Huntington gene develop the disease.
From the sciencedaily.com
The more these two countries develop, he adds, the less concerned management is.
From the businessweek.com
Citi will also have to train branch staff to develop stronger ties to customers.
From the businessweek.com
More examples
  • 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: work out; "We have developed a new theory of evolution"
  • 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"
  • Grow: 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"
  • Originate: 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"
  • Build up: 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 was a magazine published by Apple Computer containing detailed technical and programming articles written primarily by Apple engineers. Twenty-nine quarterly issues were published between January 1990 and March 1997. ...
  • This page explains commonly used terms in chess in alphabetical order. Some of these have their own pages, like fork and pin. ...
  • Develop is a monthly trade magazine for the video games industry. Based in Hertford, Hertfordshire, UK the magazine allows participation by anyone working in the video game industry.