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Define vs. Develop — What's the Difference?

Define vs. Develop — What's the Difference?

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Define

State or describe exactly the nature, scope, or meaning of
The contract will seek to define the client's obligations

Develop

Grow or cause to grow and become more mature, advanced, or elaborate
Enabling individuals to develop their personal skills
Motion pictures were to develop into mass entertainment

Define

Mark out the boundary or limits of
The river defines the park's boundary

Develop

Start to exist, experience, or possess
A strange closeness developed
Call the doctor if your child develops a rash
I developed an interest in law

Define

To state the precise meaning of (a word or sense of a word, for example).
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Develop

Treat (a photographic film) with chemicals to make a visible image
She came to get the film developed

Define

To describe the nature or basic qualities of; explain
Define the properties of a new drug.
A study that defines people according to their median incomes.

Develop

Bring (a piece) into play from its initial position on a player's back rank
He preferred to develop his bishop on e7

Define

To make clear the outline or form of; delineate
Gentle hills that were defined against the sky.

Develop

To bring from latency to or toward fulfillment
An instructor who develops the capabilities of each student.

Define

To specify distinctly
Define the weapons to be used in limited warfare.

Develop

To expand or enlarge
Developed a national corporation into a worldwide business.

Define

To give form or meaning to
"For him, a life is defined by action" (Jay Parini).

Develop

To aid in the growth of; strengthen
Exercises that develop muscles.

Define

To make or write a definition.

Develop

To improve the quality of; refine
Develops his recipes to perfection.
An extra year of study to develop virtuosic technique.

Define

To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly.
The defining power of an optical instrument

Develop

To cause to become more complex or intricate; add detail and fullness to; elaborate
Began with a good premise but developed it without imagination.

Define

(obsolete) To settle, decide an argument etc.

Develop

(Music) To elaborate (a theme) with rhythmic and harmonic variations.

Define

To express the essential nature of something.
I define myself as a techno-anarchist.
Your past mistakes do not define who you are.

Develop

To bring into being gradually
Develop a new cottage industry.

Define

To state the meaning of a word, phrase, sign, or symbol.
The textbook defined speed as velocity divided by time.

Develop

To set forth or clarify by degrees
Developed her thesis in a series of articles.

Define

To describe, explain, or make definite and clear; used to request the listener or other person to elaborate or explain more clearly his or her intended meaning of a word or expression.
Person 1: Is she good at math?
Person 2: Define "good." If you mean if she is faster than the average middle schooler at multiplication, then yes. If you mean if she is able to do multivariable calculus, then no.

Develop

To come to have gradually; acquire
Develop a taste for opera.
Develop a friendship.

Define

To demark sharply the outlines or limits of an area or concept.
To define the legal boundaries of a property

Develop

To become affected with; contract
Developed a rash.
Developed agoraphobia.

Define

(mathematics) To establish the referent of a term or notation.

Develop

To influence the behavior of toward a specific end
An investigator who develops witnesses through flattery and intimidation.

Define

(programming) A kind of macro in source code that replaces one text string with another wherever it occurs.

Develop

To cause (a tract of land or a building) to serve a particular purpose
Developed the site as a community of condominiums.

Define

To fix the bounds of; to bring to a termination; to end.

Develop

To make available and effective to fulfill a particular end or need
Develop the state's water resources to serve a growing population.

Define

To determine or clearly exhibit the boundaries of; to mark the limits of; as, to define the extent of a kingdom or country.

Develop

To convert or transform
Developed the play into a movie.

Define

To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly; as, the defining power of an optical instrument.
Rings . . . very distinct and well defined.

Develop

(Games) To move (a chess piece) to or toward a more strategic position.

Define

To determine the precise signification of; to fix the meaning of; to describe accurately; to explain; to expound or interpret; as, to define a word, a phrase, or a scientific term.
They define virtue to be life ordered according to nature.

Develop

To process (a photosensitive medium such as exposed film) in order to produce a photographic image.

Define

To determine; to decide.

Develop

To produce (a photographic image) by use of a photosensitive medium or by printing from a digital file.

Define

Give a definition for the meaning of a word;
Define `sadness'

Develop

To grow by degrees into a more advanced or mature state
With hard work, she developed into a great writer.

Define

Determine the essential quality of

Develop

To increase or expand
Sales developed until we needed a bigger warehouse.

Define

Determine the nature of;
What defines a good wine?

Develop

To improve; advance
Their skill developed until it rivaled their teacher's.

Define

Delineate the form or outline of;
The tree was clearly defined by the light
The camera could define the smallest object

Develop

To come gradually into existence or activity
Tension developed between students and faculty.

Develop

To come gradually to light; be disclosed
Reports the news as it develops.

Develop

To progress from earlier to later stages of a life cycle
Caterpillars develop into butterflies.

Develop

To progress from earlier to later stages of evolution
Mammals developed during the Mesozoic Era.

Develop

To acquire secondary sex characteristics. Used especially of a girl.

Develop

To discover, find out; to uncover.

Develop

(intransitive) To change with a specific direction, progress.
Let's see how things develop and then make our decision.

Develop

(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.

Develop

(transitive) To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.

Develop

(transitive) To create.
I need to develop a plan for the next three weeks.

Develop

(transitive) To bring out images latent in photographic film.
Please develop this roll of film.

Develop

(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.

Develop

To place one's pieces actively.
I need to develop my white-square bishop.

Develop

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.

Develop

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

Develop

To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or give forth; as, to develop theories; a motor that develops 100 horse power.
These serve to develop its tenets.
The 20th was spent in strengthening our position and developing the line of the enemy.

Develop

To unfold gradually, as a flower from a bud; hence, to bring through a succession of states or stages, each of which is preparatory to the next; to form or expand by a process of growth; to cause to change gradually from an embryo, or a lower state, to a higher state or form of being; as, sunshine and rain develop the bud into a flower; to develop the mind.
The sound developed itself into a real compound.
All insects . . . acquire the jointed legs before the wings are fully developed.

Develop

To advance; to further; to prefect; to make to increase; to promote the growth of.
We must develop our own resources to the utmost.

Develop

To change the form of, as of an algebraic expression, by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value.

Develop

To cause to become visible, as an invisible or latent image upon plate, by submitting it to chemical agents; to bring to view.

Develop

To go through a process of natural evolution or growth, by successive changes from a less perfect to a more perfect or more highly organized state; to advance from a simpler form of existence to one more complex either in structure or function; as, a blossom develops from a bud; the seed develops into a plant; the embryo develops into a well-formed animal; the mind develops year by year.
Nor poets enough to understandThat life develops from within.

Develop

To become apparent gradually; as, a picture on sensitive paper develops on the application of heat; the plans of the conspirators develop.

Develop

Make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation;
Her company developed a new kind of building material that withstands all kinds of weather
They developed a new technique

Develop

Work out;
We have developed a new theory of evolution

Develop

Gain through experience;
I acquired a strong aversion to television
Children must develop a sense of right and wrong
Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position
Develop a passion for painting

Develop

Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes);
He grew a beard
The patient developed abdominal pains
I got funny spots all over my body
Well-developed breasts

Develop

Come into existence; take on form or shape;
A new religious movement originated in that country
A love that sprang up from friendship
The idea for the book grew out of a short story
An interesting phenomenon uprose

Develop

Change the use of and make available or usable;
Develop land
The country developed its natural resources
The remote areas of the country were gradually built up

Develop

Elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses;
Could you develop the ideas in your thesis

Develop

Create by training and teaching;
The old master is training world-class violinists
We develop the leaders for the future

Develop

Be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest;
The plot developed slowly

Develop

Grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment;
A flower developed on the branch
The country developed into a mighty superpower
The embryo develops into a fetus
This situation has developed over a long time

Develop

Become technologically advanced;
Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace
Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly

Develop

Cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development;
The perfect climate here develops the grain
He developed a new kind of apple

Develop

Generate gradually;
We must develop more potential customers
Develop a market for the new mobile phone

Develop

Grow emotionally or mature;
The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten
When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behavior

Develop

Make visible by means of chemical solutions;
Please develop this roll of film for me

Develop

Superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry

Develop

Move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions;
Spassky developed quickly

Develop

Move into a strategically more advantageous position;
Develop the rook

Develop

Elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme;
Develop the melody and change the key

Develop

Happen;
Report the news as it develops
These political movements recrudesce from time to time

Develop

Expand in the form of a series;
Develop the function in the following form

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