develop
To change with a specific direction, progress.
Example
“Let's see how things develop and then make our decision.”
Other meanings
To progress through a sequence of stages.
“Isabel developed from a tropical depression to a tropical storm to a hurricane. An embryo develops into a fetus and then into an infant.”
To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
Related words
- developability
- developable
- developer
- misdevelop
- overdevelop
- predevelop
- redevelop
- underdevelop
- developing
- development
Example sentences
Word history
From Old French "desveloper".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “develop” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.