developer

[ dih-vel-uh-per ]

/ dɪˈvɛl ə pər /

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noun

a person or thing that develops or innovates: a software developer.

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

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.

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

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Origin of developer

First recorded in 1825–35; develop + -er¹

Words nearby developer

de Vega, devein, devel., develop, developable surface, developer, developing, developing agent, developing country, developing nation, developing-out paper

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How to use developer in a sentence

Facebook today warned its Facebook Audience Network publishers and developers that their revenue is likely to decrease as a result of the privacy changes Apple is making in its iOS 14 update, expected to land mid-September.
Facebook says Apple’s forthcoming privacy moves will throttle publisher revenue on its Audience Network|Lara O'Reilly|August 26, 2020|Digiday
After zoning dictates what can legally be built, developers need to determine what can be built while turning a profit.
Single-Family Zoning’s Century of Supremacy in San Diego|Andrew Keatts|August 26, 2020|Voice of San Diego
That bill would take San Diego’s so-called density bonus law – which lets developers build more housing on a given property if they agree to provide some low-income housing in exchange – and extend it to the rest of the state.
Sacramento Report: San Diego Bills Survive Bad Day for Housing Proposals|Andrew Keatts and Sara Libby|August 21, 2020|Voice of San Diego
In its debut week, we already witnessed a developer build a search engine on top of GPT-3.
What the commoditization of search engine technology with GPT-3 means for Google and SEO|Manick Bhan|August 21, 2020|Search Engine Watch

The two groups hoping to be the developers in charge of overhauling the Sports Arena land in the Midway District sat for interviews with Mayor Kevin Faulconer’s selection committee this week.
Politics Report: Who Will Get the Midway Rose?|Scott Lewis and Andrew Keatts|August 15, 2020|Voice of San Diego
Last week, property owners were beaten by security guards as they confronted a real-estate developer who defrauded them.
China’s Internet Is Freer Than You Think|Brendon Hong|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was from a former Railroad Commission employee who had gone to work for an oil and gas developer.
Two Texas Regulators Tried to Enforce the Rules. They Were Fired.|David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He was living under the alias Alonso Rivera Muñoz as a middling real estate developer and art collector in Querétaro.
Trading Dime Bags for Salvador Dali|Jason McGahan|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Almost like examining every game developer and game publication for signs of being “corrupted by the feminist agenda.”
Of Gamers, Gates, and Disco Demolition: The Roots of Reactionary Rage|Arthur Chu|October 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Raymond Bakker, a software developer and whitehat hacker, has taken the investigation a step further.
A Double Agent App Targets Hong Kong’s Protesters|Jacob Siegel|October 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They can also be placed over a tray when the plate is first covered with the developer if the plate is extremely sensitive.
Harper's Round Table, June 4, 1895|Various
We will send your ten cable chest developer, the wall parts, a pair of hand grips, foot strap and the course by return mail.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930|Various
A bottle of prepared developer, which costs fifty cents, will tone from one hundred to one hundred and fifty prints 4 x 5.
Harper's Round Table, August 20, 1895|Various
It is then lowered into the cup of developer, the cover attached and the film left to develop for twenty minutes.
Kodaks and Kodak Supplies, 1914|Canadian Kodak Company
After we have prepared the hypo and the developer we are ready to develop the plate.
Outdoor Sports and Games|Claude H. Miller

British Dictionary definitions for developer

developer

/ (dɪˈvɛləpə) /

noun

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

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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