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# developed

«developed» in Mova's school dictionary: **the past form of «develop»: grew, changed, made or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb, past of develop (develop, develops, developed, developing); adjective (developed, well-developed)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Developed is the past form of «develop»: grew, changed, made or improved over time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/developed/#m1)

2) As an adjective, developed means grown, advanced or fully formed (a well-developed plan). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/developed/#m2)

3) A developed country is a rich country with many industries and services. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/developed/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science stories a tadpole developed legs; in geography developed countries are compared with developing countries. In writing lessons a well-developed character or paragraph has plenty of detail. Phrases: well-developed, developed country, developed into, newly developed.

### examples

- The tadpole developed back legs first. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/developed/#x1)
- The idea developed into a great school project. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/developed/#x2)
- She has well-developed reading skills. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/developed/#x3)
- The photos were developed in a dark room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/developed/#x4)
- A developed country usually has good schools and hospitals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/developed/#x5)
- The storm quickly developed into a hurricane. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/developed/#x6)
- The company developed a new app. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/developed/#x7)
- The Giants personified brute strength alone, but the Titans united to their great physical power intellectual qualifications variously developed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/developed/#x8)

### note

Past and past participle of «develop»: one «p», no «e»: developed. As an adjective: «a developed country», «well-developed muscles». Opposite of a developed country: a developing country.

### In the corpora

- [The steel pan was developed in Trinidad and Tobago in the 20th century from oil drums and is its national instrument.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/10-instruments-of-the-world-bandura-erhu-sitar-kora-didgeridoo/14/)
- [The numbers 0 to 9 that we call Arabic numerals were first developed in India and reached Europe through Arabic books.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/22-the-islamic-golden-age-and-the-wider-medieval-world/10/)
- [This time the teacher agrees completely: all four were first developed in China and spread west over centuries.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/53-china-the-four-great-inventions/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «developed» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/developed/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.