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develop

Noun CEFR B2 Frequent

Definitions

  1. vt. [to expand, to grow] desarrollar, crecer, progresar; evolucionar; avanzar; [film] revelar; [symptom] surgir; manifestarse.
  2. To bring from latency to or toward fulfillment: an instructor who develops the capabilities of each student.
  3. To expand or enlarge: developed a national corporation into a worldwide business.
  4. To cause to become more complex or intricate; add detail and fullness to; elaborate: began with a good premise but developed it without imagination.
  5. To bring into being gradually: develop a new cottage industry.
  6. To come to have gradually; acquire: develop a taste for opera; develop a friendship.
  7. To cause gradually to acquire a specific role, function, or form, as:a. To influence the behavior of toward a specific end: an investigator who develops witnesses through flattery and intimidation.
  8. Games To move (a chess piece) to or toward a more strategic position.
  9. To process (a photosensitive medium such as exposed film) in order to produce a photographic image.
  10. To grow by degrees into a more advanced or mature state: With hard work, she developed into a great writer.

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Equivalents

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العربيةطور
Българскиразвивам
Danskudvikle
Euskaragaratu
Gàidhligfàsleasaich
Հայերենզարգանալ
Íslenskaþróa
한국어발전하다
KurdîFashasil
Bahasa Melayubuatcucihasil

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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