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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
“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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of developer1

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

As now written, the proposed Citywide Housing Incentive program would enable developers to build more than currently allowed in commercial zones and in residential neighborhoods where apartment buildings are already allowed.

He said the city’s funding withdrawal led him to believe the project was not financially viable, a claim the developers disputed.

The study was funded and developed by Corstasis, the developer and manufacturer of the bumetanide nasal spray tested in the study.

Google’s reply to the report — that such a move would “harm consumers, developers and American technological leadership at precisely the moment it is most needed” — is aimed at appealing to Trump’s America-first brand.

Created by a solo developer known only as LocalThunk, card game Balatro - which takes its name from the Latin for jester or buffoon - is one of the year's biggest success stories.

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