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

Tech companies have been incorporating code-writing AI into their workflows for years, and prior models were often compared with a junior software developer.

From The Wall Street Journal

In some cases, developers are building excess capacity to export surplus power back to the grid, Landek added.

From MarketWatch

Billionaire developer Rick Caruso will not run for Los Angeles mayor or California governor, after months of speculation that he would seek one of the two posts.

From Los Angeles Times

So far, Thinking Machines has released one product, a tool for developers to help train models.

From The Wall Street Journal

Access to memory components is becoming more important for AI developers.

From MarketWatch

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