5 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: improved \improved\ adjective 1. advanced to a more desirable or valuable or excellent state. Opposite of {unimproved}. [Narrower terms: {built, reinforced}; {cleared, tilled ; {developed}; {grade ; {graded, graveled ] Also See: {restored}. [WordNet 1.5] 2. changed for the better; as, her improved behavior. Syn: amended. [WordNet 1.5] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Develop \De*vel"op\ (d[-e]*v[e^]l"[o^]p), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Developed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Developing}.] [F. d['e]veloper; d['e]- (L. dis-) + OF. voluper, voleper, to envelop, perh. from L. volup agreeably, delightfully, and hence orig., to make agreeable or comfortable by enveloping, to keep snug (cf. {Voluptuous}); or. perh. fr. a derivative of volvere, volutum, to roll (cf. {Devolve}). Cf. {Envelop}.] [Written also {develope}.] 1. To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or give forth; as, to develop theories; a motor that develops 100 horse power. These serve to develop its tenets. --Milner. The 20th was spent in strengthening our position and developing the line of the enemy. --The Century. 2. To unfold gradually, as a flower from a bud; hence, to bring through a succession of states or stages, each of which is preparatory to the next; to form or expand by a process of growth; to cause to change gradually from an embryo, or a lower state, to a higher state or form of being; as, sunshine and rain develop the bud into a flower; to develop the mind. The sound developed itself into a real compound. --J. Peile. All insects . . . acquire the jointed legs before the wings are fully developed. --Owen. 3. To advance; to further; to prefect; to make to increase; to promote the growth of. We must develop our own resources to the utmost. --Jowett (Thucyd). 4. (Math.) To change the form of, as of an algebraic expression, by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value. 5. (Photog.) To cause to become visible, as an invisible or latent image upon plate, by submitting it to chemical agents; to bring to view. {To develop a curved surface on a plane} (Geom.), to produce on the plane an equivalent surface, as if by rolling the curved surface so that all parts shall successively touch the plane. Syn: To uncover; unfold; evolve; promote; project; lay open; disclose; exhibit; unravel; disentangle. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: developed \developed\ adjective 1. being changed over time so as to be e.g. stronger or more complete or more useful; as, the developed qualities of the Hellenic outlook; the state's well-developed industries. Oppositre of {undeveloped}. [Narrower terms: {formulated}; {mature}] [WordNet 1.5] 2. made more useful and profitable as by building or laying out roads; -- of real estate. new houses are springing up on the developed tract of land near the river Syn: improved. [WordNet 1.5] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: developed adjective 1: being changed over time so as to be e.g. stronger or more complete or more useful; "the developed qualities of the Hellenic outlook"; "they have very small limbs with only two fully developed toes on each" [ant: {undeveloped}] 2: (used of societies) having high industrial development; "developed countries" [syn: {highly-developed}] 3: (of real estate) made more useful and profitable as by building or laying out roads; "condominiums were built on the developed site" From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 73 Moby Thesaurus words for "developed": advanced, aged, ameliorated, archetypical, beautified, bettered, blooming, blossoming, budding, burgeoning, civilized, classic, complete, consummate, converted, crescent, cultivated, cultured, educated, embellished, enhanced, enriched, entire, exemplary, expert, finished, florescent, flourishing, flowering, full, full-blown, full-fledged, full-grown, full-scale, fully developed, global, growing, grown, grown-up, hypertrophied, improved, in full bloom, intact, masterful, masterly, mature, matured, mellow, mellowed, model, overdeveloped, overgrown, perfected, polished, proficient, quintessential, refined, reformed, ripe, ripened, seasoned, solid, sprouting, tempered, thriving, total, transfigured, transformed, unabbreviated, uncut, undiminished, unexpurgated, whole

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