developed
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/dɪˈvɛləpt/
English
Definitions
verb
- To change with a specific direction, progress.“Let's see how things develop and then make our decision.”
- To progress through a sequence of stages.“Isabel developed from a tropical depression to a tropical storm to a hurricane. An embryo develops into a fetus and then into an infant.”
- To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
- To create.“I need to develop a plan for the next three weeks.”
adjective
- (said of a country) Not primitive; not third-world.
- Mature.
- Containing man-made structures such as roads, sewers, electric lines, buildings, and so on.
- Having useful or necessary infrastructure.
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Synonyms
adultbigadvancedfirst-worldindustrialisedindustrialimprovedmatureformedformulatedhighly-developedmaturedstaffedindustrializedacquisproductestablishmenttrained