Definition: 1. Having many industries and a complicated economic system. 2. Being changed over time so as to be e.g. stronger or more complete or more useful. 3. (used of societies) having high industrial development. 4. (of real estate) made more useful and profitable as by building or laying out roads.
Use 'developed' in a sentence:
1. New products are continually being developed.
2. The handlebars developed a wobble.
3. The developed nations have all benefited from their imperialist exploitation.
4. She developed into an excellent horsewoman.
5. He had a well-developed sense of his own superiority.
6. Horses have a well-developed instinct for fear.
7. I'm having the pictures developed and printed.
8. Developed land was to grow from 5.3% to 6.9%.
9. Their German peers had a more developed sense of citizenship.
10. She developed a malignant breast tumour.
11. He had developed a slight southern accent.
12. The dolphin has evolved a highly developed jaw.
13. She had developed a shell of indifference.
14. He has developed a consuming passion for chess.
15. Only gradually are technologies being developed to mechanize the task.
16. In France patois was spoken in rural, less developed regions.
17. Their bodies were well developed and super fit.
18. I had the film developed yesterday.
19. I developed an appalling headache.
20. Humans are the only animals to have developed speech.
21. He developed full-blown AIDS five years after contracting HIV.
22. They are piggybacking onto developed technology.
23. He's developed a real flair for management.
24. Along the coast, an industrial fringe had already developed.
25. She developed the company from nothing.
26. The site is being developed by a French company.
27. Events could have developed in a dramatically different way.
28. We have developed rapid order processing to expedite deliveries to customers.
29. Her son developed asthma when he was two.
30. The product was developed in response to customer demand.
31. The average citizen in the developed world uses over 155kg of paper per year.
32. The place has rapidly developed from a small fishing community into a thriving tourist resort.
33. He developed his own program in partnership with an American expert.
34. The car developed engine trouble and we had to stop.
35. A deep mutual respect and understanding developed between them.
36. She developed complications after the surgery.
37. He claims that several countries have developed nuclear weapons secretly.
