{
    "term": "develop",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "develop",
            "heSheIt": "develops"
        },
        "pastSimple": "developed",
        "pastParticiple": "developed",
        "ingForm": "developing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to gradually grow or become bigger, more advanced, stronger, etc.; to make something do this",
            "sensetop": "develop into somethingdevelop from somethingdevelop from something into somethingdevelop somethingdevelop something from somethingdevelop something into something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "From birth to age 5, a child's brain develops rapidly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Some children develop more slowly than others."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Gradually these settlements developed into cities.",
                    "contextForm": "develop into something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Human beings developed from earlier species of animals.",
                    "contextForm": "develop from something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The place has rapidly developed from a small fishing community into a thriving tourist resort.",
                    "contextForm": "develop from something into something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The aim is to **develop** your personal **skills**.",
                    "contextForm": "develop something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She developed the company from nothing.",
                    "contextForm": "develop something from something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The competition helps entrants develop ideas into business concepts.",
                    "contextForm": "develop something into something"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to start to have a skill, ability, quality, etc. that becomes better and stronger; to become better and stronger",
            "sensetop": "develop (something)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He's developed a real flair for management."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their relationship has developed over a number of years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is trying hard to develop a loving relationship with his daughter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Physicians need to develop a better understanding of this issue when providing care for older patients."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Change, cause and effect"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to think of or produce a new idea, product, etc. and make it successful",
            "sensetop": "develop something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The company develops and markets new software."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It takes time to **develop** new **technology**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We are **developing products **for different parts of the industry."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **develop a strategy/system/programme**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **develop a method/model/technique**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A new type of painkilling drug has recently been developed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We are gradually developing better treatments for these conditions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A coherent strategy for getting more people back to work needs to be developed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The purpose of this project was to develop a systematic teaching method that would foster self-directed learning."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The aim is to develop a system which will cost under $10 000."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Scientific research"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to begin to have something such as a disease or a problem; to start to affect somebody/something",
            "sensetop": "develop (something)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She developed lung cancer at the age of sixty."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her son developed asthma when he was two."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The car developed engine trouble and we had to stop."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If symptoms develop, seek help quickly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Problems can develop unexpectedly."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Health problems"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "to start to happen or change, especially in a bad way",
            "sensetop": "develop into something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A crisis was rapidly developing in the Gulf."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We need more time to see how things develop before we take action."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The conflict quickly developed into full-scale war.",
                    "contextForm": "develop into something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The situation is developing into a crisis."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Change, cause and effect"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "to build new houses, factories, etc. on an area of land, especially land that was not being used effectively before",
            "sensetop": "develop something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The site is being developed by a French company."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A lot of residents in town feel that it would be tragic if the land were developed for residential use."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They have not yet received any applications for planning permission to develop the site."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "to build or improve a building or other facilities",
            "sensetop": "develop something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The company is developing a chain of hotels."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is enthusiastic about plans to develop the leisure facilities at the site."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "to become economically and socially more advanced",
            "labels": "(economics)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "For a country to develop, a good road network is essential."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their economy was developing at an incredible pace."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 9,
            "definition": "to add further explanation or details to an idea, story or musical theme",
            "sensetop": "develop something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She develops the theme more fully in her later books."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The piano then takes up the melody and develops it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He began to develop these ideas in a series of paintings."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "elaborate (1)"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 10,
            "definition": "to treat film that has been used to take photographs with chemicals so that the pictures can be seen",
            "sensetop": "develop something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "When Lewis developed the film, he was astonished by what he saw."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈveləp/",
                "audio": "de/develop/develop__gb_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈveləps/",
                "audio": "de/develop/develops__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈveləpt/",
                "audio": "de/develop/developed__gb_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈveləpɪŋ/",
                "audio": "de/develop/developing__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈveləp/",
                "audio": "de/develop/develop__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈveləps/",
                "audio": "de/develop/develops__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈveləpt/",
                "audio": "de/develop/developed__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈveləpɪŋ/",
                "audio": "de/develop/developing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘unfold, unfurl’): from French développer, based on Latin dis- ‘un-’ + a second element of unknown origin found also in envelop."
}