Past tense of develop
regular verb
The past tense of develop is developed. The past participle is also developed.
Forms of develop
| Base form (V1) | develop /dɪˈvɛl.əp/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | developed /dɪˈvɛləpt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | developed /dɪˈvɛləpt/ |
| Present participle | developing /dɪˈvɛl.ə.pɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | develops |
Developed in a sentence
- Isabel developed from a tropical depression to a tropical storm to a hurricane. An embryo develops into a fetus and then into an infant.
- She developed bad eating habits.
- You've developed quite a beer gut since I last met you.From the entry gut
- Early physicists developed insightful methods for measuring the speed of light.From the entry speed of light
- A scrum developed around the bar when free beer was announced.From the entry scrum
Meaning of develop
- verb To discover, find out; to uncover.
- verb To change with a specific direction, progress.
- verb To progress through a sequence of stages.
Questions about the past tense of develop
- What is the past tense of develop?
- The past tense of develop is developed.
- What is the past participle of develop?
- The past participle of develop is developed.
- Is develop a regular or irregular verb?
- Develop is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: develop (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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