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develop

Pronunciation: /dɪˈvɛl.əp/

The English word “develop” has 10 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To discover, find out; to uncover.
  2. To change with a specific direction, progress.
  3. To progress through a sequence of stages.
  4. To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
  5. To create.
  6. To bring out images latent in photographic film.
  7. To acquire something usually over a period of time.
  8. To place one's pieces actively.
  9. 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. To change the form of (an algebraic expression, etc.) by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value.

Etymology

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

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