dev

[ dev ]

noun
  1. a software developer: a game dev;a web dev.

adjective
  1. software development: The programmers and animators on the dev team worked late into the night.

Origin of dev

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By shortening

Other definitions for dev. (2 of 2)

dev.

abbreviation
  1. development.

  2. deviation.

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How to use dev in a sentence

  • Yas, suh, dat's my Jim; I don't know whaih he gits his dev'ment at.

    The heart of happy hollow | Paul Laurence Dunbar
  • dev— … deuce take me,4 if I did not make the mistake myself; and what is your name?

    The Flying Doctor | Jean Baptiste Poquelin de Molire
  • Well, there we sit and write in our dream books, and Uncle Roger passes by and accuses us of being up to dev—to very bad mischief.

    The Story Girl | Lucy Maud Montgomery