developed
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Definitions ofdeveloped
- To change with a specific direction, progress.
Example: "Let's see how things develop and then make our decision."
- To progress through a sequence of stages.
Example: "Isabel developed from a tropical depression to a tropical storm to a hurricane. An embryo develops into a fetus and then into an infant."
- To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
- To create.
Example: "I need to develop a plan for the next three weeks."
- To bring out images latent in photographic film.
Example: "Please develop this roll of film."
- To acquire something usually over a period of time.
Example: "I have been in England enough to develop a British accent."
- To place one's pieces actively.
Example: "I need to develop my white-square bishop."
- 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.
- To change the form of (an algebraic expression, etc.) by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value.
- (said of a country) Not primitive; not third-world.
- Mature.
- Containing man-made structures such as roads, sewers, electric lines, buildings, and so on.
- Having useful or necessary infrastructure.
- Advanced, fully formed.
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