develop
To help something grow or become better over time.
To cause something to become larger, more advanced, or more complete over a period of time.
To slowly grow or change into something better or more complete.
To gradually grow, change, or become more advanced, often through a natural process or effort.
To start to get a sickness or health problem.
To begin to suffer from a disease, symptom, or medical condition.
To make or design something new like a product or plan.
To create, design, or produce something new such as a product, system, or idea.
To make pictures from film or prepare digital photos for use.
To process film or photographic material so that images appear, or to prepare digital images for final use.
- Base: develop
- 3rd Person Singular: develops
- Present Participle: developing
- Past: developed
develop a taste for
1Start liking something new
To start liking something you did not like before.
- I’ve recently developed a taste for jazz music.
- He developed a taste for spicy food after living abroad.
develop from
1Originate from something over time
To come from something else as it changes over time.
- Modern birds developed from certain types of dinosaurs.
- Her idea for the novel developed from a short story she wrote.
develop into
1Grow and change into something else
To slowly grow and change into something different, often better or more advanced.
- The hobby developed into a successful career.
- This seedling will develop into a tall tree in ten years.