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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌiːvəˈluːʃ(ə)n/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɛvəˈluːʃ(ə)n/
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• Canada, General-American: ĕv'ə-lo͞oʹshən
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• Canada, General-American: ēv'ə-
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• Canada, General-American: -lo͞oshʹn
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• Canada, General-American: /ˌɛvəˈluʃ(ə)n/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˌivə-/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˌevəˈlʉːʃən/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˌiːvəˈlʉːʃən/
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• rhymes with -uːʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: EH2 V AH0 L UW1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 3: EH2 V OW0 L UW1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Latin ēvolūtiō, ēvolūtiōnis (“the act of unrolling, unfolding or opening (of a book)”), from ēvolūtus, perfect passive participle of ēvolvō (“unroll, unfold”), from ex + volvō (“roll”). Compare typologically Czech vývoj, Serbo-Croatian развој, Russian разви́ть (razvítʹ), развива́ть (razvivátʹ), разви́ться (razvítʹsja), развива́ться (razvivátʹsja), Russian разви́тие (razvítije), related to Proto-Slavic *viti (whence Czech vít, Russian вить (vitʹ)).

173 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: تَطَوُّر (taṭawwur) — general: a gradual process of development
• Armenian: էվոլյուցիա (ēvolyucʻia) — general: a gradual process of development
• Armenian: զարգացում (zargacʻum) — general: a gradual process of development
• Asturian: evolución — general: a gradual process of development
• Bulgarian: разви́тие (razvítie) — general: a gradual process of development
• Catalan: evolució — general: a gradual process of development
• Chinese Mandarin: 演變 /演变 (yǎnbiàn) — general: a gradual process of development
• Chinese Mandarin: 變遷 /变迁 (biànqiān) — general: a gradual process of development
• Czech: evoluce — general: a gradual process of development
• Czech: vývoj — general: a gradual process of development
• Danish: udvikling — general: a gradual process of development
• Dutch: evolutie — general: a gradual process of development
• Esperanto: evoluo — general: a gradual process of development
• Esperanto: evoluado — general: a gradual process of development
• Estonian: evolutsioon — general: a gradual process of development
• Finnish: evoluutio — general: a gradual process of development
• Finnish: kehitys — general: a gradual process of development
• Finnish: muutos — general: a gradual process of development
• French: évolution — general: a gradual process of development
• Galician: evolución — general: a gradual process of development
• Georgian: ევოლუცია (evolucia) — general: a gradual process of development
• Georgian: განვითარება (ganvitareba) — general: a gradual process of development
• German: Evolution — general: a gradual process of development
• Hawaiian: liliuoli — general: a gradual process of development
• Hebrew: הִתְפַּתְּחוּת (hitpat'khút) — general: a gradual process of development
• Hebrew: הִשְׁתַלְשְׁלוּת (hishtalsh'lút) — general: a gradual process of development
• Hindi: क्रमविकास (kramvikās) — general: a gradual process of development
• Interlingua: evolution — general: a gradual process of development
• Italian: evoluzione — general: a gradual process of development
• Javanese: épolusi — general: a gradual process of development
• Javanese: kamajengan — general: a gradual process of development
• Kyrgyz: өзгөртүм (özgörtüm) — general: a gradual process of development
• Latin: seriēs — general: a gradual process of development
• Latin: prōgressus — general: a gradual process of development
• Latvian: evolūcija — general: a gradual process of development
• Lithuanian: evoliucija — general: a gradual process of development
• Lombard: evoluzion — general: a gradual process of development
• Malay: evolusi — general: a gradual process of development
• Malay: ubah ansur — general: a gradual process of development
• Maltese: evoluzzjoni — general: a gradual process of development
• Māori: whanaketanga — general: a gradual process of development
• Māori: kukuwhatanga — general: a gradual process of development
• Marathi: उत्क्रांती (utkrāntī) — general: a gradual process of development
• Norwegian Bokmål: evolusjon — general: a gradual process of development
• Norwegian Nynorsk: evolusjon — general: a gradual process of development
• Occitan: evolucion — general: a gradual process of development
• Persian: تکامل (takâmol) — general: a gradual process of development
• Persian: فرگشت (fargašt) — general: a gradual process of development
• Polish: ewolucja — general: a gradual process of development
• Portuguese: evolução — general: a gradual process of development
• Romanian: evoluție — general: a gradual process of development
• Russian: эволю́ция (evoljúcija) — general: a gradual process of development
• Russian: разви́тие (razvítije) — general: a gradual process of development
• Serbo-Croatian: evolúcija — general: a gradual process of development
• Slovak: evolúcia — general: a gradual process of development
• Spanish: evolución — general: a gradual process of development
• Swedish: evolution — general: a gradual process of development
• Swedish: utveckling — general: a gradual process of development
• Tagalog: pagsunlad — general: a gradual process of development
• Thai: วิวัฒนาการ (wí-wát-tá-naa-gaan) — general: a gradual process of development
• Ukrainian: еволю́ція (evoljúcija) — general: a gradual process of development
• Welsh: esblygiad — general: a gradual process of development
• Afrikaans: evolusie — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Albanian: evolucion — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Arabic: تَطَوُّر (taṭawwur) — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Armenian: էվոլյուցիա (ēvolyucʻia) — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Asturian: evolución — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Azerbaijani: təkamül — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Basque: eboluzio — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Belarusian: эвалю́цыя (evaljúcyja) — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Bengali: বিবর্তন (biborton) — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Bulgarian: еволю́ция (evoljúcija) — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Burmese: ဆင့်ကဲဖြစ်စဉ် (hcang.kai:hpraccany) — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Catalan: evolució — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Chinese Cantonese: 進化 /进化 (zeon3 faa3) — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Chinese Cantonese: 演化 (jin2 faa3) — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Chinese: 進化 /进化 (chìn-hòa) — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Chinese: 演化 (zh-min-nan) — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Chinese Mandarin: 進化 /进化 (jìnhuà) — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Chinese Mandarin: 演化 (yǎnhuà) — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Czech: evoluce — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Danish: evolution — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Dutch: evolutie — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Esperanto: evoluo — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Estonian: evolutsioon — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Finnish: evoluutio — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• French: évolution — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Galician: evolución — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Georgian: ევოლუცია (evolucia) — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• German: Evolution — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Greek: εξέλιξη (exélixi) — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Hawaiian: liliuewe — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Hebrew: אֶבוֹלוּצְיָה (evolútsya) — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Hindi: क्रमविकास (kramvikās) — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Hindi: उद्विकास (udvikās) — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Hungarian: evolúció — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Icelandic: þróunarkenningin — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Icelandic: þróun — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Indonesian: evolusi — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Interlingua: evolution — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Irish: éabhlóid — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Italian: evoluzione — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Japanese: 進化 (shinka) — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Karachay-Balkar: эволюция (evolyutsiya) — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Kazakh: эволюция (évolüsiä) — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Khmer: ការវិវត្តន៍ (kaa vivŏət) — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Korean: 진화 (jinhwa) — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Northern Kurdish: peresandin — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Northern Kurdish: tekamûl — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Kyrgyz: эволюция (evolyutsiya) — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Lao: ວິວັດທະນາການ (vi vat tha nā kān) — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Latin: ēvolūtiō — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Latvian: evolūcija — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Lithuanian: evoliucija — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Lombard: evoluzion — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Macedonian: еволуција (evolucija) — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Malay: evolusi — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Malay: ubah ansur — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Maltese: evoluzzjoni — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Manx: aafilley — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Māori: kukuwhatanga — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Marathi: उत्क्रांती (utkrāntī) — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Mongolian: эволюци (evoljüci) — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Norwegian Bokmål: evolusjon — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Norwegian Nynorsk: evolusjon — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Occitan: evolucion — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Pashto: تکامل (takāmol) — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Persian: تکامل (takâmol) — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Persian: فرگشت (fargašt) — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Polish: ewolucja — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Portuguese: evolução — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Romanian: evoluție — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Russian: эволю́ция (evoljúcija) — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Russian: разви́тие (razvítije) — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Serbo-Croatian: еволу́ција — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Serbo-Croatian: evolúcija — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Sinhalese: පරිණාමය (pariṇāmaya) — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Slovak: evolúcia — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Slovene: evolucija — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Spanish: evolución — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Swedish: evolution — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Tagalog: ebolusyon — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Tagalog: kasunlaran — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Tagalog: pagsunlad — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Tajik: таҳаввул (tahavvul) — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Tajik: эволютсия (evolyutsiya) — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Tajik: такомул (takomul) — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Tatar: эволюция (ewolyütsiyä) — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Thai: วิวัฒนาการ (wí-wát-tá-naa-gaan) — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Turkish: evrim — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Turkmen: ewolýusiýa — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Ukrainian: еволю́ція (evoljúcija) — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Urdu: ارتقاء (irtiqā) — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Urdu: ارتقا (irtiqā) — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Urdu: تَکامُل (takāmul) — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Uyghur: ئېۋوليۇتسىيە (ëwolyutsiye) — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Uzbek: evolutsiya — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Vietnamese: tiến hóa — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Volapük: volf — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Welsh: esblygiad — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Yakut: эволюция (evolutsiya) — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Yiddish: עוואָלוציע (evolutsye) — biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time
• Bulgarian: извличане (izvličane) — mathematics: the extraction of a root from a quantity
• Russian: извлече́ние ко́рня (izvlečénije kórnja) — mathematics: the extraction of a root from a quantity
• Bulgarian: престрояване (prestrojavane) — military: One of a series of ordered movements
• Polish: ewolucja — military: One of a series of ordered movements
• Portuguese: evolução — military: One of a series of ordered movements
• Russian: перестрое́ние (perestrojénije) — military: One of a series of ordered movements
• Russian: манёвр (manjóvr) — military: One of a series of ordered movements
• Russian: передвиже́ние (peredvižénije) — military: One of a series of ordered movements
• Russian: эволю́ция (evoljúcija) — military: One of a series of ordered movements
• Polish: ewolucja — turning movement of the body
• Portuguese: evolução — turning movement of the body