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develop v. 1 bring out or forth, advance, expand (on or upon), broaden,
enlarge (on or upon), amplify, evolve, expatiate (on or upon),
elaborate (on or upon), reveal, lay open, expose, unfold,
disclose, bare, (cause to) grow, realize the potential (of);
cultivate, improve, promote, exploit, strengthen: The plot is
fine, but the characters need to be developed more fully. It is
the aim of the school to develop the students' natural
abilities. 2 (make) grow, mature, ripen, age, expand; flower,
blossom, bloom, increase: You can't develop that idea without
financial backing. These shrubs will be fully developed next
year. 3 exhibit, display, show, demonstrate, manifest: She has
recently developed an interest in cooking. 4 emerge, arise,
appear, come out, come to light, evolve, originate, begin,
commence, happen, occur, come about; come forth, result: A
serious fault has developed in the rocket's fuel line. His
natural talent for music developed when he joined the school
band.
development
n. 1 occurrence, happening, event, incident, circumstance,
situation, condition, phenomenon: William Nye will report new
developments from the scene. 2 evolution, growth, evolvement,
maturation, unfolding, maturing, maturity, increase, expansion,
enlargement, increment; advance, advancement, progress;
improvement: She has studied the region's economic development.
deviant adj. 1 deviating, divergent, different, abnormal, strange,
uncommon, unusual, odd, peculiar, curious, aberrant, eccentric,
idiosyncratic, deviate, queer, quirky, weird, bizarre, offbeat,
singular, Slang kinky, freaky, Chiefly Brit bent: They have
been observing his deviant behaviour for some time. 2 See
homosexual, 2, below.
--n. 3 See homosexual, 1, below.
deviate v. 1 turn aside or away, swerve, veer, wander, stray, drift,
digress, diverge; divert: He has chosen a path that deviates
from the straight and narrow.
--adj., n. 2 See deviant, 1, 3, above.
device n. 1 contrivance, mechanism, machine, machinery, implement,
utensil, apparatus, instrument, appliance, tool, gadget,