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If you d______ a habit, reputation, or belief, you start to have it and it then becomes stronger or more noticeable .If you develop a habit, reputation, or belief, you start to have it and it then becomes stronger or more noticeable .
She later developed a taste for expensive nightclubs.
Mr Robinson has developed the reputation of a ruthless cost-cutter.
word develop
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When something develops, it grows or changes over a period of time and usually becomes more advanced, complete, or severe .
There have been huge advances in our understanding of how children develop.
It's hard to say at this stage how the market will develop.
These clashes could develop into open warfare.
Society begins to have an impact on the developing child.
Their bodies were well-developed and super fit.
If a problem or difficulty develops, it begins to occur.
A huge row has developed about the pollution emanating from a chemical plant.
...blood clots in his lungs, a problem which developed from a leg injury.
If you say that a country develops, you mean that it changes from being a poor agricultural country to being a rich industrial country.
All countries, it was predicted, would develop and develop fast.
If you develop a business or industry, or if it develops, it becomes bigger and more successful .
She won a grant to develop her own business.
Over the last few years tourism here has developed considerably.
Housing finance is less developed in continental Europe.
To develop land or property means to make it more profitable, by building houses or factories or by improving the existing buildings.
Entrepreneurs developed fashionable restaurants and bars in the area.
...the cost of acquiring or developing property.
Developed land was to grow from 5.3% to 6.9%.
If you develop a habit, reputation, or belief, you start to have it and it then becomes stronger or more noticeable .
She later developed a taste for expensive nightclubs.
Mr Robinson has developed the reputation of a ruthless cost-cutter.
If you develop a skill, quality, or relationship, or if it develops, it becomes better or stronger.
Now you have an opportunity to develop a greater understanding of each other.
...weekly workshops that are designed to develop acting and theatre skills.
We must develop closer ties with Germany.
Their friendship developed through their shared interest in the Arts.
...a highly developed instinct for self-preservation.
If you develop an illness, or if it develops, you become affected by it.
The test should identify which patients are most prone to develop the disease.
A sharp ache developed in her back muscles.
If a piece of equipment develops a fault, it starts to have the fault.
The aircraft made an unscheduled landing after developing an electrical fault.
If someone develops a new product, they design it and produce it.
He claims that several countries have developed nuclear weapons secretly.
...a computer system specially developed for the Coastguard service.
If you develop an idea, theory, story, or theme, or if it develops, it gradually becomes more detailed, advanced, or complex.
I would like to thank them for allowing me to develop their original idea.
This point is developed further at the end of this chapter.
The idea of weather forecasting developed incredibly quickly.
To develop photographs means to make negatives or prints from a photographic film.
...after developing one roll of film.
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