🌱 To grow or change 🎓 To train or guide 🛠️ To create 🏗️ To build or improve 📷 To make photos 📐 To lay out shape 🎶 To expand music ➗ To expand math ♟️ To move in chess

to develop

54 5.3

To make a photo appear on film or paper using chemicals

verb
/dɪˈvɛləp/

Specialized

: revelar

So this really is all you need on this table here to develop A roll of film.
develop film
develop a photographic plate

Examples

We got some pictures to develop.

Absentia (2011)
Have these films developed as soon as possible.

The China Syndrome (1979)
You must get it developed right away.

Partners (1982)
So you go to the darkroom and you develop it and then you print it.
But you need darkness to develop a photograph, don't you?

Red Lights (2012)
I haven't had that roll developed since our trip to Catalina.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Wex disappeared into his darkroom, where he developed and printed the snapshots for Paul.

Fiction book (1993)
You should take the film to the developer so they can develop the photos for you.
After a week, I finally went to develop the film from my holiday trip.
Make sure to develop the film in the darkroom to avoid exposure to light.

Antonyms

to destroy

∞ 1.0

Damage something so badly that it cannot be used or fixed

to erase

144 1.6

Remove marks, writing, or digital files so they are no longer visible

Phrasal Verbs

to develop one's palate

7.8

To learn to taste and enjoy more kinds of food and drink

How Developed

to overdevelop

Specialized

7.4

to develop

Specialized

54 5.3

to expose

16 5.2

Surface Forms

develop infinitive

developed past

developed past participle

developing present participle

develops third person singular

Etymology

Develop comes from an old French idea meaning 'to unwrap' or 'unfold', which fits photography well: you 'bring out' the hidden picture on the film. So to develop photos is to make the invisible image visible.