developer

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

develop + -er

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈvɛləpə(ɹ)/
  • (file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /dɪˈvɛləpɚ/
  • Hyphenation: de‧vel‧op‧er

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 June 21, Chico Harlan, “Japan pockets the subsidy ”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 30:
      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. (dyeing) A reagent used to produce an ingrain color by its action upon some substance on the fiber.
  6. (computing) A software developer; a person or company who creates or modifies computer software.

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Anagrams

Czech

Noun

developer m anim (feminine developerka)

  1. developer (real estate developer)

Declension

Danish

Etymology

From English developer.

Noun

developer c (singular definite developeren, plural indefinite developere)

  1. developer

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Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English developer.

Noun

developer (plural developer-developer, first-person possessive developerku, second-person possessive developermu, third-person possessive developernya)

  1. developer

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English developer.

Noun

developer m or f by sense (plural developers)

  1. developer (software programmer)

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