de‧vel‧op‧er /dɪˈveləpə $ -ər/ noun
[Word Family: noun: developer, development, redevelopment; verb: develop, redevelop; adjective: developed ≠ undeveloped, developing]

1. [countable] a person or company that makes money by buying land and then building houses, factories etc on it:
a Florida property developer

2. [countable] a person or an organization that works on a new idea, product etc to make it successful:
software developers

3. [uncountable and countable] a chemical substance used for making images appear on film or photographic paper
⇒ late developer at late¹(7)

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developer
noun
ADJ. big, major | local A local developer is planning to build a supermarket on the site.
private The flats are being built by a private developer.
speculative | housing, property plans by a big property developer to build fifty new houses
DEVELOPER + VERB build sth, develop sth

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