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

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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“Ben Herbert found Dev,” Harbaugh said.

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“Dev’s someone who’s going to support you, but he’s going to tell it like it is,” Chargers receiver Ladd McConkey said.

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“I’ll be running a route, and Dev’s over there with his phone recording me. Then we’ll look at it in slo-mo and break it down.”

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