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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. being changed over time so as to be e.g. stronger or more complete or more useful;
- Example: "the developed qualities of the Hellenic outlook"
- Example: "they have very small limbs with only two fully developed toes on each"

2. (used of societies) having high industrial development;
- Example: "developed countries"
[syn: developed, highly-developed]

3. (of real estate) made more useful and profitable as by building or laying out roads;
- Example: "condominiums were built on the developed site"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

improved \improved\ adj. 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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Develop \De*vel"op\ (d[-e]*v[e^]l"[o^]p), v. t. [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. [1913 Webster] These serve to develop its tenets. --Milner. [1913 Webster] The 20th was spent in strengthening our position and developing the line of the enemy. --The Century. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] The sound developed itself into a real compound. --J. Peile. [1913 Webster] All insects . . . acquire the jointed legs before the wings are fully developed. --Owen. [1913 Webster] 3. To advance; to further; to prefect; to make to increase; to promote the growth of. [1913 Webster] We must develop our own resources to the utmost. --Jowett (Thucyd). [1913 Webster] 4. (Math.) To change the form of, as of an algebraic expression, by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

developed \developed\ adj. 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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

developed adj 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: developed, 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"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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