Dictionary entry details
• DEVELOP (verb)
Meaning:
Make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Context examples:
Her company developed a new kind of building material that withstands all kinds of weather / They developed a new technique
Hypernyms (to "develop" is one way to...):
create (bring into existence)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "develop"):
build (give form to, according to a plan)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Work out
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
evolve; germinate; develop
Context example:
We have developed a new theory of evolution
Hypernyms (to "develop" is one way to...):
create by mental act; create mentally (create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
Did he develop his major works over a short period of time?
Meaning:
Gain through experience
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
evolve; develop; acquire
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "develop" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
acquire; develop; produce; grow; get
Context examples:
He grew a beard / The patient developed abdominal pains / I got funny spots all over my body / Well-developed breasts
Hypernyms (to "develop" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "develop"):
feather; fledge (grow feathers)
cut (have grow through the gums)
get up; work up (develop)
pupate (develop into a pupa)
teethe (grow teeth; cut the baby teeth)
pod (produce pods, of plants)
leaf (produce leaves, of plants)
stool; tiller (grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers)
sprout; stock (put forth and grow sprouts or shoots)
spring (develop suddenly)
regrow (grow anew or continue growth after an injury or interruption)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Come into existence; take on form or shape
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
arise; uprise; spring up; originate; develop; grow; rise
Context examples:
A new religious movement originated in that country / a love that sprang up from friendship / the idea for the book grew out of a short story / An interesting phenomenon uprose
Hypernyms (to "develop" is one way to...):
become (come into existence)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "develop"):
resurge (rise again)
come forth; emerge (happen or occur as a result of something)
come; follow (to be the product or result)
swell; well up (come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things))
head (take its rise)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Change the use of and make available or usable
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
build up; develop
Context examples:
develop land / The country developed its natural resources / The remote areas of the country were gradually built up
Hypernyms (to "develop" is one way to...):
ameliorate; amend; better; improve; meliorate (to make better)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "develop"):
settle (establish or develop as a residence)
redevelop (change the plans for the use of (land))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
formulate; explicate; develop
Context example:
Could you develop the ideas in your thesis
Hypernyms (to "develop" is one way to...):
conjecture; hypothecate; hypothesise; hypothesize; speculate; suppose; theorise; theorize (to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "develop"):
mature (develop and work out fully in one's mind)
redevelop; reformulate (formulate or develop again, of an improved theory or hypothesis)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Create by training and teaching
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
train; educate; prepare; develop
Context examples:
The old master is training world-class violinists / we develop the leaders for the future
Hypernyms (to "develop" is one way to...):
instruct; learn; teach (impart skills or knowledge to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "develop"):
toilet-train (train (a small child) to use the toilet)
house-train; housebreak (train (a pet) to live cleanly in a house)
drill (train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons)
retrain (teach new skills)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
The plot developed slowly
Hypernyms (to "develop" is one way to...):
come about; fall out; go on; hap; happen; occur; pass; pass off; take place (come to pass)
Sentence frame:
It ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "develop" is one way to...):
grow (become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "develop"):
build; build up; progress; work up (form or accumulate steadily)
incubate (grow under conditions that promote development)
blossom; blossom forth; blossom out; unfold (develop or come to a promising stage)
bloom; blossom; flower (produce or yield flowers)
spike; spike out (bring forth a spike or spikes)
bud (develop buds)
adolesce (become adolescent; pass through adolescence)
evolve (undergo development or evolution)
grow; maturate; mature (develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation)
advance; come along; come on; get along; get on; progress; shape up (develop in a positive way)
age (begin to seem older; get older)
age; get on; maturate; mature; senesce (grow old or older)
grow (increase in size by natural process)
dedifferentiate (lose specialization in form or function)
differentiate (become different during development)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Become technologically advanced
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
modernise; modernize; develop
Context examples:
Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace / Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly
Hypernyms (to "develop" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
make grow; develop
Context examples:
The perfect climate here develops the grain / He developed a new kind of apple
Hypernyms (to "develop" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Cause:
develop (grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment)
grow (become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "develop"):
check; condition; discipline; train (train by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control)
foliate (grow leaves)
elaborate; work out (work out in detail)
work out; work up (come up with)
grow (cause to grow or develop)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Generate gradually
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Context examples:
We must develop more potential customers / develop a market for the new mobile phone
Hypernyms (to "develop" is one way to...):
bring forth; generate (bring into existence)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "develop"):
make (favor the development of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Grow emotionally or mature
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
grow; develop
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "develop" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "develop"):
outgrow (grow too large or too mature for)
make (develop into)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue develop
Meaning:
Make visible by means of chemical solutions
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Context example:
Please develop this roll of film for me
Hypernyms (to "develop" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Domain category:
photography; picture taking (the act of taking and printing photographs)
photography (the process of producing images of objects on photosensitive surfaces)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "develop"):
redevelop (develop for a second time, in order to improve the contrast, colour, etc., of a negative or print)
underdevelop (process (a film or photographic plate) less than the required time or in an ineffective solution or at an insufficiently high temperature)
solarise; solarize (reverse some of the tones of (a negative or print) and introduce pronounced outlines of highlights, by exposing it briefly to light, then washing and redeveloping it)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "develop" is one way to...):
lay over; superimpose; superpose (place on top of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Context example:
Spassky developed quickly
Hypernyms (to "develop" is one way to...):
play (participate in games or sport)
Domain category:
chess; chess game (a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Move into a strategically more advantageous position
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Context example:
develop the rook
Hypernyms (to "develop" is one way to...):
play (participate in games or sport)
Domain category:
chess; chess game (a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
develop the melody and change the key
Hypernyms (to "develop" is one way to...):
complicate; elaborate; rarify; refine (make more complex, intricate, or richer)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Happen
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
recrudesce; develop; break
Context examples:
Report the news as it develops / These political movements recrudesce from time to time
Hypernyms (to "develop" is one way to...):
come about; fall out; go on; hap; happen; occur; pass; pass off; take place (come to pass)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Expand in the form of a series
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
Develop the function in the following form
Hypernyms (to "develop" is one way to...):
expand (make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity)
Domain category:
math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
