developer

[dih-vel-uh-per]

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.

developer

/ 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of developer¹

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

Example Sentences

Now, the chaotic scramble begins as cities, developers and residents try to figure out who is affected by the bill — and who is exempted.

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A developer of tiny nuclear reactors was making big moves in the stock market on its first day of trading.

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To try to reverse this trend, project developers Climate Impact Partners and Community Climate Solutions want to encourage farmers not to burn the forests by paying them to plant trees and restore woodlands.

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The original game’s developer, Sweden-based Paradox Development Studio, tried to remove those from sites where they can be downloaded, only to see them pop up again.

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What excites Betley with this discovery is the further exploration of its potential to "use Y1 neural activity as a biomarker for chronic pain, something drug developers and clinicians have long lacked," he says.

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