Definition of develops

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• develops is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 14
• develops is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 14
• develops is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 17

Definition of develops

• create by training and teaching (verb)

  Examples

  1. we develop the leaders for the future

  Synonyms

  1. educate
  2. prepare
  3. train
• work out (verb)

  Examples

  1. We have developed a new theory of evolution

  Synonyms

  1. evolve
  2. germinate
• come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) (verb)

  Examples

  1. The patient developed abdominal pains
  2. Well-developed breasts

  Synonyms

  1. acquire
  2. get
  3. grow
  4. produce
• cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development (verb)

  Examples

  1. The perfect climate here develops the grain
  2. He developed a new kind of apple

  Synonyms

  1. make grow
• gain through experience (verb)

  Examples

  1. Children must develop a sense of right and wrong
  2. Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position
  3. develop a passion for painting

  Synonyms

  1. acquire
  2. evolve
• change the use of and make available or usable (verb)

  Examples

  1. develop land
  2. The country developed its natural resources

  Synonyms

  1. build up
• come into existence; take on form or shape (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. arise
  2. grow
  3. originate
  4. rise
  5. spring up
  6. uprise
• happen (verb)

  Examples

  1. Report the news as it develops

  Synonyms

  1. break
  2. recrudesce
• elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses (verb)

  Examples

  1. Could you develop the ideas in your thesis

  Synonyms

  1. explicate
  2. formulate
• become technologically advanced (verb)

  Examples

  1. Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace

  Synonyms

  1. modernise
  2. modernize
• grow emotionally or mature (verb)

  Examples

  1. The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten

  Synonyms

  1. grow
• be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest (verb)

  Examples

  1. The plot developed slowly
• elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme (verb)

  Examples

  1. develop the melody and change the key
• expand in the form of a series (verb)
• generate gradually (verb)

  Examples

  1. We must develop more potential customers
  2. develop a market for the new mobile phone
• grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment (verb)

  Examples

  1. A flower developed on the branch
  2. The country developed into a mighty superpower
  3. The embryo develops into a fetus
  4. This situation has developed over a long time
• make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation (verb)

  Examples

  1. Her company developed a new kind of building material that withstands all kinds of weather
  2. They developed a new technique
• make visible by means of chemical solutions (verb)

  Examples

  1. Please develop this roll of film for me
• move into a strategically more advantageous position (verb)

  Examples

  1. develop the rook
• move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions (verb)

  Examples

  1. Spassky developed quickly
• superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry (verb)

See definition of develops in Merriam Webster