developed

«developed» in Mova's judaism dictionary: the past form of «develop»: grew, changed, made or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb, past of develop (develop, develops, developed, developing); adjective (developed, well-developed)

meaning for a pupil

1) Developed is the past form of «develop»: grew, changed, made or improved over time. tree →

2) As an adjective, developed means grown, advanced or fully formed (a well-developed plan). tree →

3) A developed country is a rich country with many industries and services. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science stories a tadpole developed legs; in geography developed countries are compared with developing countries. In writing lessons a well-developed character or paragraph has plenty of detail. Phrases: well-developed, developed country, developed into, newly developed.

examples

• After the invention of the symbols 11, 111, 1111, when the binary system of notation developed into a decimal, the zero was regarded as the fifth symbol and hence the fifth element. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• The tadpole developed back legs first. tree →
• The idea developed into a great school project. tree →
• She has well-developed reading skills. tree →
• The photos were developed in a dark room. tree →
• A developed country usually has good schools and hospitals. tree →
• The storm quickly developed into a hurricane. tree →
• The company developed a new app. tree →
• The Giants personified brute strength alone, but the Titans united to their great physical power intellectual qualifications variously developed. tree →

note

Past and past participle of «develop»: one «p», no «e»: developed. As an adjective: «a developed country», «well-developed muscles». Opposite of a developed country: a developing country.

In the corpora

• The steel pan was developed in Trinidad and Tobago in the 20th century from oil drums and is its national instrument.
• The numbers 0 to 9 that we call Arabic numerals were first developed in India and reached Europe through Arabic books.
• This time the teacher agrees completely: all four were first developed in China and spread west over centuries.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «developed» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.