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Develop Pronunciation
Develop is pronounced di-VE-luhp, IPA /dɪˈvɛləp/.
di-VE-luhp
US /dɪˈvɛləp/ · UK /dɪˈvɛləp/
Syllables: di · VE · luhp (3 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
verb: To grow or make something grow, improve, or come into being over time.
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Develop in a Sentence
- It can take a year to develop a course from scratch.
- Children develop at very different rates.
- We want to develop the site behind the shop into flats.
Common Mispronunciations of Develop
Not DE-vuh-luhp
The middle syllable carries the weight, not the first. Putting the beat on de makes it sound like a noun that does not exist.
Not di-VE-lohp
The last syllable is reduced to a quick luhp. There is no long o in it, even though the spelling ends in lop.
Tip: Three syllables with the middle one loud: di-VE-luhp. The e in the middle is the e of bed.
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