Examples of “develop” in a Sentence

verb To grow or change gradually into a more advanced state.

• Her interest in music began to develop when she was very young.
• The town has developed rapidly over the last decade.
• Children develop language skills at different rates.

verb To create or work something out over time.

• Engineers are developing a cheaper way to clean water in remote villages.
• She developed a plan for paying off her debts over two years.
• The team developed a new app for tracking expenses.

verb To treat photographic film chemically so its image becomes visible.

• The shop will develop your holiday photos in about an hour.
• In the darkroom, she watched the faint image develop in the tray.
• He still develops his own black-and-white film at home.