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develop
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of DEVELOP
1
to gradually become clearer or more detailed <as the story of the bombing developed, the scope of the tragedy became more apparent>
2
to come to have gradually <the youngster developed a taste for green olives>
Related Words absorb, adopt, embrace, take in, take on; gain, get, obtain; achieve, attain, reach; foster, nourish, nurture, promote
Near Antonyms abandon, desert, forsake; cast, discard, ditch, dump, fling (off or away), jettison, junk, reject, scrap, shed, shuck (off), slough (also sluff), throw away, throw out, unload
Antonyms lose
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to express more fully and in greater detail <marketing people developed the initial idea into a complete promotional campaign>
5
to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort <outside consultants helped the company develop an effective marketing strategy>
Related Words churn out, crank out, turn out; cobble (together or up), throw up; compose, construct, craft, create, engineer, fabricate, fashion, form, frame, generate, manufacture, mint, model, shape, tailor; conceive, concoct, contrive, cook (up), devise, hatch, invent, originate; accomplish, achieve, bring off, carry out, effect
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