develop
IPA: dɪvˈɛɫʌp
verb
- (transitive, now rare) To discover, find out; to uncover.
- (intransitive) To change with a specific direction, progress.
- (transitive, intransitive) To progress through a sequence of stages.
- (transitive) To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
- (transitive) To create.
- (transitive) To bring out images latent in photographic film.
- (transitive) To acquire something usually over a period of time.
- (chess, transitive) To place one's pieces actively.
- (snooker, pool) To cause a ball to become more open and available to be played on later. Usually by moving it away from the cushion, or by opening a pack.
- (mathematics) To change the form of (an algebraic expression, etc.) by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value.
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Examples of "develop" in Sentences
- Can Club Penguin develop the communication skills of kids shy in real-life?
- Retinoblasts develop from a single cell during the early development of an infant in the womb.
- Though tornadoes did not materialize overnight, the atmosphere remains humid and unstable and thunderstorms capable of rotating may once again develop this afternoon.
- Pulping seems like an incentive to too much turnover of stock and a disincentive to let a title develop a following before it's replaced with the next hopeful big hit.
- The Itahari-based Swagat Tol Bikas Sanstha (STBS) today honoured the elderly to what it calls develop positive and respectful attitude towards them, to mark its fourth anniversary.
- A sperm cell has no individual identity - a human being cannot develop from a sperm cell, and its genetic information can make a contribution to the identity of a person only in the presence of an egg cell.
- Familial adenomatous polyposisis characterized by the presence of gastrointestinal polyps, abnormal tissue growths that develop from the lining of the large and small intestines, and less commonly, the stomach.
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