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

Using the framework, AI developers can propose new algorithms, forecast which ones are likely to succeed, estimate how much training data they will need, and anticipate possible failure points.

From Science Daily

Multiple staff members were also laid off by the developers just two weeks after it went live.

From BBC

Tang called the phone a response to the "attention economy" in which device and app developers attempt to keep their users online and engaged for as long as possible.

From Barron's

Much of the software sector is under threat from new tools by AI developers such as Anthropic, Google and OpenAI.

From The Wall Street Journal

With the rise of e-commerce, it’s no secret that retail developers have had to get creative to keep attracting customers.

From Los Angeles Times

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