make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation

work out

gain through experience

come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)

come into existence; take on form or shape

change the use of and make available or usable

elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses

create by training and teaching

be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest

grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment

become technologically advanced

cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development

generate gradually

grow emotionally or mature

make visible by means of chemical solutions

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

move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions

move into a strategically more advantageous position

elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme

happen

expand in the form of a series

being changed over time so as to be e.g. stronger or more complete or more useful

(used of societies) having high industrial development

(of real estate) made more useful and profitable as by building or laying out roads

someone who develops real estate (especially someone who prepares a site for residential or commercial use)

photographic equipment consisting of a chemical solution for developing film

processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible

relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply

a country that is poor and whose citizens are mostly agricultural workers but that wants to become more advanced socially and economically

act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining

a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)

(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation

the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful

a district that has been developed to serve some purpose

a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess)

processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible

(music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated

of or relating to or constituting development

a measure of a child's development (in body size or motor skill or psychological function) expressed in terms of age norms

the branch of anatomy that studies structural changes of an individual from fertilization to maturity

learning that takes place as a normal part of cognitive development

the branch of psychology that studies the social and mental development of children

with respect to development

people collectively who are mentally retarded