develop

«develop» in Mova's school dictionary: to grow and change over time into something bigger… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (develop, develops, developed, developing)

meaning for a pupil

1) To develop means to grow and change over time into something bigger, stronger or more complete. tree →

2) To develop something is to make it, plan it or improve it (develop a new game, develop your skills). tree →

3) To develop an illness or a problem is to start to have it. tree →

4) To develop photos from an old-style camera film means to make the pictures appear using chemicals. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science, living things develop: a tadpole develops into a frog, a baby develops into a child. In school you develop your reading, writing and maths skills; in design and technology you develop ideas into products. In geography, a town or country develops as it grows. Phrases: develop into, develop skills, develop an idea, develop a cold.

examples

• A caterpillar develops into a butterfly. tree →
• Practice helps you develop your skills. tree →
• The scientists developed a new medicine. tree →
• She developed a cough after the swim. tree →
• The story develops slowly and then gets exciting. tree →
• The village developed into a busy town. tree →
• Exercise helps children's muscles develop. tree →
• Let's develop our plan before we start building. tree →
• He would appear to represent that poetical inspiration, which tends to develop man's higher nature, and causes the mind to soar heavenwards. tree →

note

Regular verb: developed, developing. Spelling trap: no «e» at the end: develop, not «develope»; and only one «p» in developed. Noun: development.

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.
• Contact with nature and many kinds of microbes may help a child's immune system develop, though scientists are still studying the details.
• Adaptations develop over many generations, not in one animal's life.

Trees and pragmatics

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