developer
Americannoun
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a person or thing that develops or innovates.
a software developer.
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Photography. a reducing agent or solution for developing developing a film or the like.
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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.
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Shipbuilding. a person who lays out at full size the lines of a vessel and prepares templates from them.
noun
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a person or thing that develops something, esp a person who develops property
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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
Etymology
Origin of developer
Example Sentences
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“We’re incentivizing developers whose only go/no-go is whether the factory stays in business. To me, that’s a developer who is probably not very savvy.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
The software developer from Woolwich Township, N.J., also owns a Hyundai Ioniq 5, which is fully electric.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Shares of banking software developer nCino jumped 12% on the heels of b etter-than-expected earnings for the fiscal fourth quarter and solid revenue guidance.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
The developer is expected to appeal against the decision.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
In Georgia, he was the kind of web developer who made money, until he got laid off the day before Christmas.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
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