Definition: 1. Make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation. 2. Work out. 3. To start to happen or change, especially in a bad way. 4. To make an idea, a story, etc. clearer by explaining it further. 5. Gain through experience.
Use 'develop' in a sentence:
1. Team sports help to develop a child's social skills.
2. These clashes could develop into open warfare.
3. He's developed a real flair for management.
4. He developed full-blown AIDS five years after contracting HIV.
5. Along the coast, an industrial fringe had already developed.
6. She developed the company from nothing.
7. The course offers a range of exciting possibilities for developing your skills.
8. Entrepreneurs developed fashionable restaurants and bars in the area.
9. The site is being developed by a French company.
10. How fast would the disease develop?
11. Smoking can increase the risk of developing heart disease.
12. A crisis was rapidly developing in the Gulf.
13. We need to develop a coordinated approach to the problem.
14. It was an unparalleled opportunity to develop her career.
15. Dark-skinned people rarely develop skin cancer.
16. We need to develop local industries.
17. She later developed a taste for expensive nightclubs.
18. This point is developed further at the end of this chapter.
19. The organization should be allowed to develop organically.
20. All countries, it was predicted, would develop and develop fast.
21. I would like to thank them for allowing me to develop their original idea.
22. When the weather turns cold and dry, my clothes develop a static problem.
23. Events could have developed in a dramatically different way.
24. We have developed rapid order processing to expedite deliveries to customers.
25. It is important that students develop an awareness of how the Internet can be used.
26. Her son developed asthma when he was two.
27. The product was developed in response to customer demand.
28. Limited resources are restricting our capacity for developing new products.
29. In broad terms, the paper argues that each country should develop its own policy.
30. In addition to headaches, you may develop stomach ulcers as well.
31. Now you have an opportunity to develop a greater understanding of each other.
32. He hoped their acquaintance would develop further.
33. The average citizen in the developed world uses over 155kg of paper per year.
34. Their affair did not develop into a lasting relationship.
35. Over the last few years tourism here has developed considerably.
36. The place has rapidly developed from a small fishing community into a thriving tourist resort.
37. Do the emotions develop in parallel with the intellect?
38. A huge row has developed about the pollution emanating from a chemical plant.
39. The big banks have been the pacesetters in developing the system.
40. He never lets those long silences develop during dinner.
41. Researchers around the world are collaborating to develop a new vaccine.
42. Farmers were granted concessions from the government to develop the farms.
43. The child is developing normally.
44. The aircraft made an unscheduled landing after developing an electrical fault.
45. Every year new strains of influenza develop.
46. The activities help children to develop a sense of their own worth.
47. The test should identify which smokers are most prone to develop lung cancer.
48. The main stem will extend to around 12 ft, if left to develop naturally.
49. She develops the theme more fully in her later books.
50. All this helps children to develop an inquiring attitude to learning.
51. We need more time to see how things develop before we take action.
52. Some children develop a sensitivity to cow's milk.
53. He developed his own program in partnership with an American expert.
54. The car developed engine trouble and we had to stop.
55. A deep mutual respect and understanding developed between them.
56. She won a grant to develop her own business.
57. Humans are the only animals to have developed speech.
58. Vodafone is among successful bidders for two licences to develop mobile phone systems in Greece.
59. Children can develop bad postural habits from quite an early age.
60. She developed complications after the surgery.
61. There is also the potential to develop telecommuting and other more flexible working practices.
62. He claims that several countries have developed nuclear weapons secretly.
63. They develop a fever and a watery discharge from their eyes.
64. It's hard to say at this stage how the market will develop.
65. The government is keeping a close watch on how the situation develops.
66. It is important to develop good study skills.
67. Societies need to develop highly adaptive behavioural rules for survival.
68. A sharp ache developed in her back muscles.
69. Mr Robinson has developed the reputation of a ruthless cost-cutter.
70. The company develops and markets new software.
71. Birds in outside cages develop immunity to airborne bacteria.
