A developer is a person or a company that buys land and builds houses, offices, shops, or factories on it, or buys existing buildings and makes them more modern.
[business]
...common land which would have a high commercial value if sold to developers.
...a corrupt, self-made property developer.
2. countable noun
A developer is someone who develops something such as an idea, a design, or a product.
John Bardeen was also co-developer of the theory of superconductivity. [+ of]
...a software developer.
3. uncountable noun
Developer is a chemical used for developing photographs or films.
developer in British English
(dɪˈvɛləpə)
noun
1.
a person or thing that develops something, esp a person who develops property
2. photography
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
developer in American English
(dɪˈvɛləpər)
noun
a person or thing that develops
; specif.,
a.
a person who develops real estate on a speculative basis
b. Photography
a chemical used to develop film, plates, etc.
Examples of 'developer' in a sentence
developer
`But then I always was a late developer ,' he added with a good-natured smile.
Isabel Wolff RESCUING ROSE (2002)
There was no political will to do anything: the birds stayed where they were, in the cold damp garden of the property developer.
Tony Juniper SPIX'S MACAW: THE RACE TO SAVE THE WORLD'S RAREST BIRD (2002)
The developer was getting a favourable arrangement elsewhere in Costford to reimburse him for his trouble.
Richard Francis PROSPECT HILL (2002)
You know the cast---Blazak and his developer friends, that ilk.
Jefferson Parker SILENT JOE (2002)
In other languages
developer
British English: developer NOUN
A developer is a person or a company that buys land and builds houses, offices, shops, or factories on it.
...common land which would have a high commercial value if sold to developers.