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# developer

«developer» in Mova's school dictionary: **A person or company that writes computer programs, apps…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a developer, developers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A person or company that writes computer programs, apps or games. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/developer/#m1)

2) A person or company that buys land and builds houses, shops or offices on it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/developer/#m2)

3) A chemical used to make photos appear on old-style film or paper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/developer/#m3)

4) Someone who develops or works out a new idea or product. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/developer/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In computing lessons a developer is a programmer who builds apps and websites; in towns a property developer plans new housing; in old photography the developer liquid brought pictures out; phrases: «software developer», «game developer», «property developer», «web developer».

### examples

- My aunt is a game developer and makes puzzle games. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/developer/#x1)
- The developer fixed the bug in the app. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/developer/#x2)
- A developer wants to build new houses on the old football field. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/developer/#x3)
- Web developers make websites work on phones and computers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/developer/#x4)
- In the darkroom, Grandad dipped the paper in developer and a picture appeared. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/developer/#x5)
- The village protested against the developer's plans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/developer/#x6)
- Developers test their code many times before it is released. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/developer/#x7)
- The developer of the vaccine worked for years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/developer/#x8)

### note

Countable noun: a developer, two developers. From the verb develop (no «e» at the end: develop, not «develope»). In apps, «developer mode» or «dev» is short for developer.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «developer» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/developer/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.