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

As well as being a real estate developer, Witkoff is also a longtime golf buddy of Trump’s.

From BBC

The state of the industry is sure to be a topic at IndieCade’s developer focused two day Creator’s Retreat at downtown’s ASU California Center.

From Los Angeles Times

Gen. Rob Bonta, who has said he’s “seriously considering” running; developer Rick Caruso, who lost the Los Angeles mayor’s race in 2022; and Republican Lanhee Chen, who lost the election for state controller in 2022.

From Los Angeles Times

Bradford Council planners are to decide at a date to be determined if the developer's risk assessment meets the planning condition and can be dropped allowing the work to continue.

From BBC

Developer Shopoff Realty Investments bought the land in 2016, removed oil tanks and cleaned up the land known as the Magnolia Tank Farm.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• builder
• planner