developers

Language: en

🇬🇧 /dɪˈvɛləpəz/ 🇺🇸 /dɪˈvɛləpɜrz/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    Plural of 'developer'; persons or companies that build or improve real estate, such as residential or commercial properties.; Persons who write, create, or maintain software applications and computer programs.; In photography, a chemical solution used to convert the latent image on exposed film or paper into a visible image.; Persons or entities that cause something to grow, advance, or become more complex or effective.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: developers

Collocations

real estate developerproperty developersoftware developerweb developergame developerapp developer

Derivatives

developdevelopmentdevelopmentaldevelopingundevelopedredevelopredevelopment

Synonyms

creatorbuilderdesignerinnovatorarchitect

Commonly confused

development
EN: 'developer' refers to the person or entity that creates something; 'development' refers to the process or result of developing.
develop
EN: 'develop' is the verb (the action); 'developer' is the noun (the agent performing the action).

Spelling tips

EN: Remember 'developer' has only one 'p' in the second syllable (not 'developper'). The root 'develop' already ends in a single 'p'.

💬 Examples

  1. The developers proposed a new residential complex on the outskirts of the city.

  2. The team of developers worked overtime to fix the bugs before the release date.

  3. The photographer mixed the developers carefully in the darkroom.

  4. Educators are developers of young minds and future leaders.