developed
Word Statistics
Academic vocabulary
Regularly used in writing and speech
Moderate complexity
Analysis:
- • Academic vocabulary
- • Standard complexity
1. To change with a specific direction, progress.
"Let's see how things develop and then make our decision."
2. 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."
3. To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
4. To create.
"I need to develop a plan for the next three weeks."
5. To bring out images latent in photographic film.
"Please develop this roll of film."
6. To acquire something usually over a period of time.
"I have been in England enough to develop a British accent."
7. To place one's pieces actively.
"I need to develop my white-square bishop."
8. To cause a ball to become more open and available to be played on later. Usually by moving it away from the cushion, or by opening a pack.
9. To change the form of (an algebraic expression, etc.) by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value.
1. (said of a country) Not primitive; not third-world.
2. Mature.
3. Containing man-made structures such as roads, sewers, electric lines, buildings, and so on.
4. Having useful or necessary infrastructure.
5. Advanced, fully formed.
Synonyms
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