develop

• POS: Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: de=vel=op

OXFORD DICTIONARY

develop, v. (developed, developing)
1 tr. & intr. a make or become bigger or fuller or more elaborate or systematic (the new town developed rapidly). b bring or come to an active or visible state or to maturity (developed a plan of action).
2 tr. begin to exhibit or suffer from (developed a rattle).
3 tr. a construct new buildings on (land). b convert (land) to a new purpose so as to use its resources more fully.
4 tr. treat (photographic film etc.) to make the latent image visible.
5 tr. Mus. elaborate (a theme) by modification of the melody, harmony, rhythm, etc.
6 tr. Chess bring (a piece) into position for effective use.

Idiom

developing country a poor or primitive country that is developing better economic and social conditions.

Derivative

developer n.

Etymology

F d{eacute}velopper f. Rmc (as DIS-, orig. of second element unknown)

THESAURUS

develop

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

ROGET THESAURUS

develop

Production

VB produce, perform, operate, do, make, gar, form, construct, fabricate, frame, contrive, manufacture, weave, forge, coin, carve, chisel, build, raise, edify, rear, erect, put together, set up, run up, establish, constitute, compose, organize, institute, achieve, accomplish, flower, bear fruit, fructify, teem, ean, yean, farrow, drop, pup, kitten, kindle, bear, lay, whelp, bring forth, give birth to, lie in, be brought to bed of, evolve, pullulate, usher into the world, make productive, create, beget, get, generate, fecundate, impregnate, procreate, progenerate, propagate, engender, bring into being, call into being, bring into existence, breed, hatch, develop, bring up, induce, superinduce, suscitate, cause, acquire.

Expansion

VB become larger &c (large), expand, widen, enlarge, extend, grow, increase, incrassate, swell, gather, fill out, deploy, take open order, dilate, stretch, distend, spread, mantle, wax, grow up, spring up, bud, bourgeon, shoot, sprout, germinate, put forth, vegetate, pullulate, open, burst forth, gain flesh, gather flesh, outgrow, spread like wildfire, overrun, be larger than, surpass, render larger &c (large), expand, spread, extend, aggrandize, distend, develop, amplify, spread out, widen, magnify, rarefy, inflate, puff, blow up, stuff, pad, cram, exaggerate, fatten.

Evolution

VB evolve, unfold, unroll, unwind, uncoil, untwist, unfurl, untwine, unravel, untangle, disentangle, develop.