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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 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 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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of developer

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

Example Sentences

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It's also had commercial success too, and allowed the studio to grow to about 50 employees - a modestly sized developer.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

SYDNEY—Design-software developer Canva’s longstanding profitability has helped the Australian startup avoid the large-scale layoffs seen at other technology companies as it builds toward a U.S. stock-market listing, its chief executive said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Her focus is the West Valley, which has emerged as a premier destination for AI data center development—and where she has become the go-to developer and global capital partners staking their claim in the desert.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

The founder of Chinese property giant Evergrande has pleaded guilty to charges of fraud and bribery, a court said on Tuesday, the latest blow for what was once the country's leading developer.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

The college didn't want a farm, so it sold all the surrounding land to a developer who put in roads, sidewalks, and sewers, divided it up into lots, and sold it to builders.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg

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