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Develop Meaning, Usage & Examples in English (3 meaning)

Meaning 1：grow over time (develop)

develop 🔊

/dɪˈvel.əp/

To gradually grow or become more advanced, mature, or complete over time.

Develop meaning illustrated by a tree growing from sapling to maturity over time.

grow over time 🔊

➕

/ɡrəʊ ˈəʊvər taɪm/

This meaning describes a process of gradual change, advancement, or maturation towards a more complete or effective state.

📁 Category：School Education 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

From Latin 'dis-' (apart) + 'voloper' (to wrap), meaning 'to unwrap'.

💡 Mnemonic

DEVELOP like a film picture, gradually appearing.

📖 Example

During her time at university, she developed strong leadership skills by organizing several student events. 🔊 During her time at university, she developed strong leadership skills by organizing several student events.

🔗 Collocations

develop skills – To cultivate and improve abilities through practice or experience.

develop an interest – To begin to have or cultivate a liking or curiosity about something.

develop a habit – To gradually establish a regular practice or tendency.

🔄 Synonyms

evolve (v.) – To develop gradually, especially from a simple to a more complex form.

mature (v.) – To become fully grown or developed, reaching an advanced state.

progress (v.) – To move forward or advance towards a more developed state.

🚫 Antonyms

stagnate (v.) – To stop developing, growing, or advancing; to remain unchanged.

decline (v.) – To become weaker, smaller, or less good; to deteriorate.

regress (v.) – To return to a former or less developed state.

🌱 Derivatives

development (n.) – The process of developing or being developed.

developer (n.) – A person or thing that develops something.

📖 Cultural Story

The word entered English from Old French 'desveloper' (to unwrap). Its core sense of 'gradually reveal or grow' from 'unfolding' is still central. In modern tech culture, 'to develop software' is a quintessential high-frequency usage.

Meaning 2：emerge or appear (develop)

develop 🔊

/dɪˈvel.əp/

To start to exist, appear, or become noticeable; or to process photographic film to make an image visible.

Develop as emerge shown by a photograph appearing in a darkroom developing tray.

emerge or appear 🔊

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/ɪˈmɜːdʒ ɔː əˈpɪə/

This meaning refers to something beginning to exist or become visible, or the chemical process of making a latent image on film visible.

📁 Category：Natural Geography 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

Dark clouds began to gather, and we knew a storm was developing. 🔊 Dark clouds began to gather, and we knew a storm was developing.

🔗 Collocations

develop a rash – For a skin irritation or mark to appear on the body.

develop a problem – For a difficulty or fault to start to occur.

develop film – To treat exposed photographic film with chemicals to produce a visible image.

🔄 Synonyms

form (v.) – To begin to exist or take shape.

arise (v.) – To come into existence or begin to be noticed.

materialize (v.) – To become actual fact; to appear in physical form.

🚫 Antonyms

dissipate (v.) – To disappear or cause to disappear, especially a cloud, feeling, or energy.

vanish (v.) – To disappear suddenly and completely.

🌱 Derivatives

undeveloped (adj.) – Not yet developed, explored, or utilized.

Meaning 3：create something new (develop)

develop 🔊

/dɪˈvel.əp/

To think of, plan, and produce something new over a period of time, such as a product, software, or land area.

Develop meaning create, with software developers coding a new app interface.

create something new 🔊

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/kriˈeɪt ˈsʌmθɪŋ njuː/

This meaning involves the active process of designing, planning, and bringing a new product, system, or area into existence.

📁 Category：Technological Inventions 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

The company is investing heavily to develop a new type of battery that charges in just five minutes. 🔊 The company is investing heavily to develop a new type of battery that charges in just five minutes.

🔗 Collocations

develop software – To design, write, and test computer programs.

develop a theory – To create and elaborate a systematic explanation for observations.

develop land – To prepare and improve land for construction or other use.

🔄 Synonyms

invent (v.) – To create or design something that has not existed before.

design (v.) – To conceive and plan out the structure and function of something.

pioneer (v.) – To be among the first to develop or apply a new method, area of knowledge, etc.

🚫 Antonyms

abandon (v.) – To give up completely on a project or idea.

scrap (v.) – To discard or cancel a plan or project.

🌱 Derivatives

developer (n.) – A person or company that creates new products, especially software or buildings.

development (n.) – The process of creating something new, like a product or area of land.