develop


Meanings

  • 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"
  • work out;
    • "We have developed a new theory of evolution"
  • gain through experience;
    • "Children must develop a sense of right and wrong"
    • "Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position"
    • "develop a passion for painting"
  • come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes);
    • "The patient developed abdominal pains"
    • "Well-developed breasts"
  • come into existence; take on form or shape;
  • change the use of and make available or usable;
    • "develop land"
    • "The country developed its natural resources"
  • elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses;
    • "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"
  • create by training and teaching;
    • "we develop the leaders for the future"
  • be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest; ;
    • "The plot developed slowly"
  • 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"
  • become technologically advanced;
    • "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"
  • 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"
  • generate gradually;
    • "We must develop more potential customers"
    • "develop a market for the new mobile phone"
  • grow emotionally or mature;
    • "The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten"
  • make visible by means of chemical solutions;
    • "Please develop this roll of film for me"
  • superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry
  • move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions;
    • "Spassky developed quickly"
  • move into a strategically more advantageous position;
    • "develop the rook"
  • 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"
  • happen;
    • "Report the news as it develops"
  • expand in the form of a series;
  • DEVELOP v -ED, -ING, -S to bring to a more advanced or effective state


Scrabble Score: 13

develop is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

develop is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

develop is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 16

develop is a valid Words With Friends word