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 ]
[しんでん(P);あらた, shinden (P); arata] (n) (1) new rice field; newly developed rice field; (2) wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period); (P)#3502
[さとやま, satoyama] (n) (1) undeveloped woodland near populated area; (2) settlement pattern of living in upland valleys and cultivating lower slopes#17667
[おくにかぶき, okunikabuki] (n) Okuni kabuki; progenitor of modern kabuki, developed by Izumo Taisha shrine maiden Izumo no Okuni and popularized in Kyoto (early Edo period)
[かいはつりょうしゅ;かいほつりょうしゅ(ok), kaihatsuryoushu ; kaihotsuryoushu (ok)] (n) local warriors, or provincial or district officials, who developed paddy field lands
[びんがた, bingata] (n) method of dyeing, developed in Okinawa, in which a single stencil is used to produce richly polychromatic designs; traditional dyed cloth from Okinawa