Develop
[dɪ'veləp] or [dɪ'vɛləp]
Definition
(verb.) 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'.
(verb.) 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'.
(verb.) be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest; 'The plot developed slowly';.
(verb.) 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'.
(verb.) move into a strategically more advantageous position; 'develop the rook'.
(verb.) move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions; 'Spassky developed quickly'.
(verb.) superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry.
(verb.) generate gradually; 'We must develop more potential customers'; 'develop a market for the new mobile phone'.
(verb.) 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'.
(verb.) make visible by means of chemical solutions; 'Please develop this roll of film for me'.
(verb.) expand in the form of a series; 'Develop the function in the following form'.
(verb.) 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'.
(verb.) 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'.
Checked by Darren--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or give forth; as, to develop theories; a motor that develops 100 horse power.
(v. t.) To unfold gradually, as a flower from a bud; hence, to bring through a succession of states or stages, each of which is preparatory to the next; to form or expand by a process of growth; to cause to change gradually from an embryo, or a lower state, to a higher state or form of being; as, sunshine and rain develop the bud into a flower; to develop the mind.
(v. t.) To advance; to further; to prefect; to make to increase; to promote the growth of.
(v. t.) To change the form of, as of an algebraic expression, by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value.
(v. t.) To cause to become visible, as an invisible or latent image upon plate, by submitting it to chemical agents; to bring to view.
(v. i.) To go through a process of natural evolution or growth, by successive changes from a less perfect to a more perfect or more highly organized state; to advance from a simpler form of existence to one more complex either in structure or function; as, a blossom develops from a bud; the seed develops into a plant; the embryo develops into a well-formed animal; the mind develops year by year.
(v. i.) To become apparent gradually; as, a picture on sensitive paper develops on the application of heat; the plans of the conspirators develop.
Inputed by Heinrich
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Unfold, evolve, disclose, exhibit, unravel, disentangle, make known, lay open.[2]. Cause to grow, advance to maturity.
v. n. Unfold, open, grow, be developed.
Typist: Psyche
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Educe, enucleate, eliminate, enunciate, lay_open, disclose, unravel, unfold,clear, amplify, expand, enlarge
ANT:Envelope, wrap, obscure, mystify, conceal, narrow, restrict, contract,condense, compress, involve
Inputed by Alan
Definition
v.t. to unroll: to unfold: to lay open by degrees: to promote the growth of: (phot.) to make the latent picture visible by chemical applications.—v.i. to grow into: to open out: to evolve:—pr.p. devel′oping; pa.p. devel′oped.—n. Devel′opment a gradual unfolding: a gradual growth: evolution: (math.) the expression of a function in the form of a series.—adj. Development′al pertaining to development.—adv. Development′ally.—Doctrine of development the theory of the evolution of new species from lower forms.
Typed by Claus
Examples
- This signifies the capacity to acquire habits, or develop definite dispositions. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Only very slowly did the human mind develop methods of indicating action and relationship in a formal manner. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There are some trees, Watson, which grow to a certain height, and then suddenly develop some unsightly eccentricity. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- They begin to develop a warmer interest in their personal leaders, who secure them pay and plunder. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Other rocks, like limestone, are so readily soluble in water that from the small pores and cavities eaten out by the water, there may develop in long centuries, caves and caverns (Fig. 30). Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- On the other hand, it is possible that the disease may develop itself more rapidly: it is one of those cases in which death is sometimes sudden. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Politics would be like education--an effort to develop, train and nurture men's impulses. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- But over most of the world the Lower Pal?olithic culture had developed into a more complicated and higher life twenty or thirty thousand years ago. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- When the science of static electricity was thus far developed, with a machine for generating it and a collector to receive it, many experiments followed. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Volta of Pavia, took decided issue with Galvani and maintained that the pretended animal electricity was nothing but electricity developed by the contact of two different metals. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- And without those powers, what mechanical tool or machine has since been developed? William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The first civilizations in Egypt and the Euphrates-Tigris valley probably developed directly out of this widespread culture. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There was a difference amongst them as amongst the educated; and when I got to know them, and they me, this difference rapidly developed itself. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Mr. Lake developed an instrument suited to this purpose and one which gave a simultaneous view of the entire horizon. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Daylight developing soon followed, and the dark room, as far as the kodaker was concerned, took its proper place as a relic of the dark ages. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The repeating rifle now seemed an interesting possibility and large sums were spent in developing a weapon of this type. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- And so we find them developing fibre and support, and the beginning of _woody fibre_ in them. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And furthermore, that in practically every case the actual patented invention followed from one to a dozen or more gradually developing forms of the same idea. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The mere fact that Edison spent years of his life in developing that process counted for nothing. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Our net conclusion is that life is development, and that developing, growing, is life. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Since that episode, which will probably be appreciated by most automobilists, Edison has taken up the electric automobile, and is now using it as well as developing it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Method is a statement of the way the subject matter of an experience develops most effectively and fruitfully. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- All education which develops power to share effectively in social life is moral. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The individual develops, but his proper development consists in repeating in orderly stages the past evolution of animal life and human history. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The alternative develops. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It develops vulgarity. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He develops a plan of procedure, a method of dealing with the situation. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The engine runs from 300 to 400 revolutions per minute and develops from four to five horse power. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
Edited by Kathleen