Borrowed from French développer, from Middle French desveloper, from Old French desveloper, from des- + voloper, veloper, vloper (compare Italian sviluppare, roa-oit - alternative form goluppare ("to wrap")) from Vulgar Latin *vloppō, *wloppō ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wrappaną, *wlappaną ("to wrap, roll up, turn, wind"), from Proto-Indo-European *werb- ("to turn, bend") .

• (America, RP) IPA: /dɪˈvɛl.əp/
• (India) IPA: /ˈdɛʋ.ləp/, /dɛˈʋɛ.ləp/

develop (develops, present participle developing; simple past and past participle developed)

1. (transitive, now, rare) To discover, find out; to uncover.
2. (intransitive) To change with a specific direction, progress.

   Let's see how things develop and then make our decision.

3. (ambitransitive) 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.

   • 1868-1869, Robert Owen, Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of Vertebrates

     All insects […] acquire the jointed legs before the wings are fully developed.

4. (transitive) To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
   • 1881, Benjamin Jowett, Thucydides:

     We must develop our own resources to the utmost.

5. (transitive) To create.

   I need to develop a plan for the next three weeks.

6. (transitive) To bring out images latent in photographic film.

   Please develop this roll of film.

7. (transitive) To acquire something usually over a period of time.

   I have been in England enough to develop a British accent.

   You will develop calluses if you play the cello.

   She developed bad eating habits.

8. (chess, transitive) To place one's pieces actively.

   I need to develop my white-square bishop.

9. (snooker, pool) 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.
10. (math) To change the form of (an algebraic expression, etc.) by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value.

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• French: se développer
• German: entwickeln
• Italian: sviluppare
• Portuguese: desenvolver
• Russian: развива́ться
• Spanish: desarrollar

• French: se développer, développer
• German: sich entwickeln, entwickeln
• Italian: accrescere
• Portuguese: desenvolver
• Russian: развива́ться

• Italian: avanzare, approfondire

• French: développer, créer
• German: entwickeln
• Italian: sviluppare, creare
• Portuguese: desenvolver, fazer, criar
• Russian: развива́ть
• Spanish: desarrollar

• French: développer
• German: entwickeln
• Italian: sviluppare
• Portuguese: revelar
• Russian: проявля́ть
• Spanish: revelar

• French: se développer
• German: entwickeln
• Russian: развива́ть