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develop

expand in the form of a series; "Develop the function in the following form"

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"

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"

be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest; "The plot developed slowly";

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"

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"

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"

move into a strategically more advantageous position; "develop the rook"

move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions; "Spassky developed quickly"

superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry

generate gradually; "We must develop more potential customers"; "develop a market for the new mobile phone"

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"

make visible by means of chemical solutions; "Please develop this roll of film for me"

Synonyms:

• accrue,
• accumulate,
• achieve,
• acquire,
• actualize,
• add to,
• advance,
• affect,
• age,
• aggrandize,
• ameliorate,
• amend,
• amplify,
• appear,
• appreciate,
• apprentice,
• arise,
• attain,
• attain majority,
• attend,
• augment,
• balloon,
• bare,
• bear fruit,
• beautify,
• become of,
• befall,
• beget,
• begin,
• betide,
• betoken,
• bloat,
• bloom,
• blossom,
• blow up,
• blueprint,
• boom,
• brandish,
• break,
• break in,
• break the seal,
• breathe,
• breed,
• brew,
• bring forth,
• bring forward,
• bring into being,
• bring into view,
• bring out,
• bring to light,
• bring to notice,
• bring up,
• broaden,
• build,
• build up,
• bulk,
• bulk out,
• burgeon,
• call into being,
• chance,
• coin,
• come,
• come about,
• come along,
• come forth,
• come of,
• come of age,
• come on,
• come out,
• come to light,
• come to maturity,
• commence,
• complete,
• conceive,
• concoct,
• condition,
• contrive,
• cook up,
• crescendo,
• crown,
• culminate,
• cultivate,
• dangle,
• demonstrate,
• descant,
• design,
• detail,
• devise,
• dilate,
• discipline,
• disclose,
• discover,
• dismask,
• display,
• distend,
• divulge,
• do to perfection,
• dramatize,
• draw the veil,
• dream up,
• drill,
• elaborate,
• embellish,
• embody,
• emerge,
• enact,
• end,
• engender,
• enlarge,
• enlarge upon,
• ensue,
• establish,
• eventuate,
• evidence,
• evince,
• evolute,
• evolve,
• exercise,
• exhibit,
• expand,
• expatiate,
• explicate,
• exploit,
• expose,
• expose to view,
• express,
• extend,
• fabricate,
• fall out,
• fare,
• fetch up,
• fill out,
• finish,
• fit,
• flaunt,
• fledge,
• flourish,
• flower,
• follow,
• form,
• foster,
• frame,
• gain,
• gain ground,
• gain strength,
• gather,
• generate,
• germinate,
• get,
• get ahead,
• get along,
• give being to,
• give rise to,
• give sign,
• give token,
• go ahead,
• go forward,
• go up,
• graduate,
• greaten,
• groom,
• grow,
• grow better,
• grow up,
• happen,
• hatch,
• highlight,
• hike,
• hike up,
• house-train,
• housebreak,
• huff,
• hypertrophy,
• illuminate,
• impart,
• improve,
• improvise,
• incarnate,
• increase,
• indicate,
• inflate,
• intensify,
• invent,
• issue,
• lay bare,
• lay open,
• leave the nest,
• let daylight in,
• let out,
• lick into shape,
• look up,
• magnify,
• make clear,
• make do with,
• make headway,
• make plain,
• make progress,
• make strides,
• make up,
• manifest,
• materialize,
• maturate,
• mature,
• mean,
• meliorate,
• mellow,
• mend,
• mint,
• mount,
• multiply,
• mushroom,
• nurse,
• nurture,
• obtain,
• occur,
• open,
• open up,
• originate,
• outgrow,
• overdevelop,
• overgrow,
• overtop,
• pan out,
• parade,
• particularize,
• perfect,
• perform,
• perk up,
• pick up,
• plan,
• polish,
• practice,
• prepare,
• present,
• print,
• process,
• procreate,
• produce,
• progress,
• proliferate,
• promote,
• prosper,
• prove,
• prove to be,
• puff,
• puff up,
• pullulate,
• pump,
• pump up,
• put in tune,
• put to school,
• raise,
• raise the curtain,
• rarefy,
• reach,
• reach manhood,
• reach twenty-one,
• reach voting age,
• ready,
• realize,
• rear,
• refine,
• rehearse,
• rehearse in extenso,
• relate at large,
• represent,
• reproduce,
• result,
• reveal,
• ripen,
• rise,
• roll out,
• run up,
• season,
• send to school,
• set forth,
• settle down,
• shape up,
• shoot up,
• show,
• show forth,
• show improvement,
• show up,
• skyrocket,
• snowball,
• spawn,
• spotlight,
• spread,
• spring up,
• sprout,
• sprout up,
• strengthen,
• stretch,
• strike out,
• strip bare,
• sufflate,
• swell,
• take in hand,
• take off,
• temper,
• terminate,
• think out,
• think up,
• thrive,
• toga virilis,
• token,
• tower,
• train,
• transpire,
• trot out,
• tumefy,
• turn out,
• uncloak,
• uncover,
• undrape,
• unfold,
• unfurl,
• unkennel,
• unmask,
• unpack,
• unroll,
• unscreen,
• unsheathe,
• unshroud,
• unveil,
• unwrap,
• up,
• upshoot,
• upspear,
• upspring,
• upsprout,
• vegetate,
• wave,
• wax,
• widen,
• work out