Scrabble and Words with Friends

• DEVELOP is a valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. Scrabble uses the TWL word list.
  

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• DEVELOP is a valid Words with Friends word worth 16 points. Words with Friends uses the ENABLE word list.
  

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• DEVELOP is a 7 letter word containing the letters d, e, e, l, o, p, v.

Definitions

• develop

  verb 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

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• develop

  verb work out
  We have developed a new theory of evolution

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• develop

  verb gain through experience
  Children must develop a sense of right and wrong
  Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position
  develop a passion for painting

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• develop

  verb come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
  The patient developed abdominal pains
  Well-developed breasts

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• develop

  verb come into existence; take on form or shape

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• develop

  verb change the use of and make available or usable
  develop land
  The country developed its natural resources

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• develop

  verb elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
  Could you develop the ideas in your thesis

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• develop

  verb create by training and teaching
  we develop the leaders for the future

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• develop

  verb be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest
  The plot developed slowly

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• develop

  verb 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

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• develop

  verb become technologically advanced
  Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace

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• develop

  verb 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

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• develop

  verb generate gradually
  We must develop more potential customers
  develop a market for the new mobile phone

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• develop

  verb grow emotionally or mature
  The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten

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• develop

  verb make visible by means of chemical solutions
  Please develop this roll of film for me

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• develop

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

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• develop

  verb move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions
  Spassky developed quickly

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• develop

  verb move into a strategically more advantageous position
  develop the rook

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• develop

  verb 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

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• develop

  verb happen
  Report the news as it develops

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• develop

  verb expand in the form of a series
  Develop the function in the following form

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• Lookup DEVELOP using the Merriam-Webster dictionary

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Words that sound like 'develop'

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