develop
/dɪˈvɛləp/
verb
- To grow or cause something to grow or become more advanced, mature, or complex.
- Children develop social skills by playing with others.
- The seed will develop into a large tree over many years.
- The company plans to develop a new smartphone app.
- To start to have something, such as a disease, problem, or feeling.
- He developed a cough after walking in the rain.
- The city developed a serious traffic problem.
- She developed an interest in photography at a young age.
- To create or design something new, such as a product, idea, or system.
- The team developed a plan to reduce waste.
- Scientists are working to develop a vaccine for the virus.
- They developed a new method for teaching math.
- To treat a photographic film with chemicals so that the image becomes visible.
- I need to take this film to the store to develop it.
- He learned how to develop black-and-white photos in a darkroom.
- The photographer developed the pictures the same day.