developing Definition

develop
verb developed, developing

tr & intr
1. To make or become more mature, more advanced, more complete, more organized, more detailed, etc.

Thesaurus: enlarge, expand, extend, advance, evolve, progress, build up,work out, detail, enlarge upon, unfold ; grow, bloom, mature, ripen, sprout.
2. Said of a living organism, organ, tissue or cell: to become transformed from a simple structure to a much more complex one, usually by passing through a number of stages.
3. To begin to have something; to have an increasing amount of it.

Example: develop an interest in politics
Thesaurus: build up, cultivate, evolve.
tr & intr
4. To appear and grow, or to have or suffer from something which has appeared and grown.

Example: developing a cold
5. To use chemical agents to convert an invisible image on (exposed photographic film or paper) into a visible image.
6. To bring into fuller use (the natural resources, etc of a country or region).
7. To build on (land) or prepare (land) for being built on.
8. chess.
To bring (a piece) into a position useful in attack.
9. math.
To express (an expression or function) in expanded form.
10. geom.
To unroll into a plane surface.

Derivative: developable
adj

Etymology: 17c; originally meaning ‘to unroll or unfurl', from French développer.