develop
/dɪˈveləp/
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Translation
To grow or change into something bigger or better over time.
Word origin
From Old French desveloper, meaning to unwrap or unfold, the opposite of wrapping something up.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- desveloper
- English cognates
- envelope
Grammar
Verb typeregular (develop, develops, developed)
Examples
quickly .
"Develop" means to grow and change over time.
.
"Develops" is the form used with he, she, or it.
company .
"Developed" is the past form of "develop".
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