• Developer

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /dɪˈvÉ›lÉ™pÉ™(ɹ)/
    • US IPA: /dɪˈvÉ›lÉ™pÉš/

    Origin

    {1} + -er

    Full definition of developer

    Noun

    developer

    (plural developers)
    1. A person or entity engaged in the creation or improvement of certain classes of products.
    2. A real estate developer; a person or company who prepares a parcel of land for sale, or creates structures on that land.
      • 2013-06-21, Chico Harlan, Japan pockets the subsidy …, Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."
    3. A film developer; a person who uses chemicals to create photographs from photograph negatives.
    4. A liquid used in the chemical processing of traditional photos.
    5. A software developer; a person or company who creates or modifies computer software.

    Synonyms

    • (person or company who writes computer software) programmer

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