developer

American  

[dih-vel-uh-per] / dɪˈvɛl ə pər /

noun

1. a person or thing that develops or innovates.

   a software developer.

2. Photography. a reducing agent or solution for developing developing a film or the like.

3. a person who invests in and develops the urban or suburban potentialities of real estate, especially by subdividing the land into home sites and then building houses and selling them.

4. Shipbuilding. a person who lays out at full size the lines of a vessel and prepares templates from them.

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developer British  

/ dɪˈvɛləpə /

noun

1. a person or thing that develops something, esp a person who develops property

2. photog a solution of a chemical reducing agent that converts the latent image recorded in the emulsion of a film or paper into a visible image

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Etymology

Origin of developer

First recorded in 1825–35; develop + -er ¹

Example Sentences

The gene-therapy developer recently had its Huntington’s therapy—a one-time injection delivered directly into the brain—denied accelerated approval in what the company called a dramatic reversal of guidance from the FDA.

From The Wall Street Journal

The partnership gave Anthropic a fast track to be used in classified settings through Palantir’s systems and made Anthropic the first model developer available for the most sensitive Pentagon operations.

From The Wall Street Journal

While Claude already had been increasingly winning respect in the developer community for AI coding tools, Anthropic could increase its appeal with a mainstream user base if the backlash against OpenAI has a lasting effect.

From MarketWatch

While Claude already had been increasingly winning respect in the developer community for AI coding tools, Anthropic could increase its appeal with a mainstream user base if the backlash against OpenAI has a lasting effect.

From MarketWatch

In fact, the employment site Indeed shows that job postings for software developers are up 11% from a year earlier.

From MarketWatch

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