dev

¹

[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.

dev.

²

abbreviation

1. development.

2. deviation.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dev¹

By shortening

Example Sentences

The youngest on stage was Dev Karan, an Indian 17-year-old helping to restore India's traditional ponds, which help prevent floods and soil erosion by storing water.

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Australia have been the dominant force of women's cricket in the last decade, at times looking unstoppable, but this is likely to be a moment that is referred to in years to come as when the sport changed - just as it was when the men won their equivalent for the first time under Kapil Dev in 1983.

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Twenty-year-old Dev Mandal created a company in Bengaluru, hoping to cash in on the need for physical data to train AI.

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He shouts out Blood Orange, a.k.a. artist-composer Dev Hynes, as a major inspiration for him.

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Kapil Dev, president of the Professional Golf Tour of India, has called the tournament "a landmark moment for Indian golf".

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