develop

To grow or cause something to grow and become more advanced; to create something new over time; to come to have.

• development/dɪˈvɛləpmənt/(n)发展；开发
• developed/dɪˈvɛləpt/(adj)发达的；成熟的
• developer/dɪˈvɛləpə/(n)开发者

• develop a strategy
• develop skills
• develop over time
• rapidly developing
• develop a relationship
• software development

1. 1.The team spent six months developing a framework that could be applied consistently across all divisions.
2. 2.Children develop language at different rates, and this variation is entirely normal within certain ranges.

• cultivate/ˈkʌltɪveɪt/— nurture growth
• build/bɪld/— create something progressively
• evolve/ɪˈvɒlv/— develop gradually

from French "développer" = to unwrap, from Old French "des-" + "voloper" (to wrap)