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develop | emerg |

As a verb develop

is to change with a specific direction, progress.

As a noun emerg is

the emergency department of a hospital.

develop

English

(Development)

Alternative forms

* develope (obsolete)

Verb

  • To change with a specific direction, progress.
  • (ambitransitive) To progress through a sequence of stages.
  • * Owen
    • All insects acquire the jointed legs before the wings are fully developed .
  • To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
  • * Jowett (Thucyd)
    • We must develop our own resources to the utmost.
  • To create.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Catherine Clabby
    • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= Focus on Everything , passage=Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus.
  • To bring out images latent in photographic film.
  • To acquire something usually over a period of time.
  • (chess) To place one's pieces actively.
  • (snooker, pool) To cause a ball to become more open and available to be played on later. Usually by moving it away from the cushion, or by opening a pack.
  • (math) To change the form of (an algebraic expression, etc.) by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value.

    • Usage notes

    * Objects: plan, software, program, product, story, idea.

    Related terms

    * developing * development

    emerg

    English

    Noun

  • The emergency department of a hospital.
  • * 2009 , January 17, Daniel Dale, “Ambulance waits get longer”, Toronto Star:
    • These EMS people, who should just walk into the emerg', drop their patient off, and then leave, are frozen in the ' emerg for a long period of time, because there aren't enough resources there.
  • * 2009 , May 26, Theresa Boyle and Tanya Talaga, “ Swine flu Factor Probed in death”, Toronto Star:
    • “Rather than going to emerg and getting admitted and having the condition over a period of time, we understand that the event happened fairly quickly.
  • * 2009 , October 1, Theresa Boyle, “ Second swine-flu wave hits Toronto, southern Ontario”, Toronto Star:
    • “What we've seen in the last few days is a number of cases that have come to emerg departments.

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