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

Index developer Research Affiliates has a model that forecasts future returns for investments based on cyclically adjusted P/E ratios.

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For developers, clustering server farms affords faster communication, underpinning everything from certain AI applications to video calls to smooth streaming of Thursday Night Football.

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The two property developers are likely to start laying the groundwork for the process as early as next year, the people said.

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The Supreme Court held that the Fifth Amendment empowers local governments to seize private property and pass it on to private developers if the suggestion of eventual public benefit is alleged.

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DoorDash Inc. is partnering with sidewalk-robot developer Serve Robotics Inc. for autonomous deliveries across the US, adding to an array of methods the company is exploring to complement human couriers.

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Related Words

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