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/ɪˈvɒlv/
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/ɪˈvɑlv/
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General-American:
/-ˈvɔlv/
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To move (something) in regular procession through a system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: develop, progress
Antonyms: none provided
To change or transform (something).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
Over several years the author evolved the story originally drafted as a novella into a real epic.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: develop, convert, draw, evolve, metamorphize, metamorphose, reconvert, shift, transfigurate, transfigure, transform, transmogrify, transmute, transume
Antonyms: none provided
To cause (something) to come into being or develop.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: contrive, generate, bring forth, cause, create, ferment, forge, develop, engender, evolve, gin up, innate, form, forthbring, make, produce, spawn
Antonyms: none provided
Of a population: to acquire or develop (a trait) in the process of biological evolution.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
Examples
How long ago did birds evolve beaks?
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To cause (a population, a species, etc.) to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Qualifier: chiefly passive voice
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
Examples
A hundred thousand years from now, will Homo sapiens have evolved into beings unrecognizable to their ancestors?
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To give off (a gas such as carbon dioxide or oxygen) during a chemical reaction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To wind or unwind (something).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To move in regular procession through a system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To change, to transform.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
What began as a few lines of code has now evolved into a million-line behemoth.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Of a trait; to develop within a population through biological evolution.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
Examples
How long ago did beaks evolve?
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
undergo development or evolution
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
Modern man evolved a long time ago
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: develop
Narrower terms: speciate, differentiate, specialize, specialise, derive
gain through experience
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
I acquired a strong aversion to television Children must develop a sense of right and wrong Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position develop a passion for painting
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: develop, acquire
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change
work out
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
We have developed a new theory of evolution
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: germinate, develop
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: create by mental act, create mentally
Borrowed from Latin ēvolvō (“unroll, unfold”), from ē- (“out of”) (short form of ex) + volvō (“roll”).
Across languages
Translations 75 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian :
напре́двам
(naprédvam)
— move in regular procession through a system
Bulgarian :
еволюи́рам
(evoljuíram)
— move in regular procession through a system
Catalan :
progressar
— move in regular procession through a system
Czech :
vyvíjet se
— move in regular procession through a system
Estonian :
arenema
— move in regular procession through a system
Finnish :
kehittyä
— move in regular procession through a system
French :
évoluer
— move in regular procession through a system
French :
progresser
— move in regular procession through a system
German :
andauern
— move in regular procession through a system
German :
fortdauern
— move in regular procession through a system
Korean :
발전하다
(baljeonhada)
— move in regular procession through a system
Latin :
ēvolvō
— move in regular procession through a system
Māori :
kukuwhata
— move in regular procession through a system
Portuguese :
evoluir
— move in regular procession through a system
Portuguese :
progredir
— move in regular procession through a system
Portuguese :
crescer
— move in regular procession through a system
Romanian :
a evolua
— move in regular procession through a system
Russian :
развива́ться
(razvivátʹsja)
— move in regular procession through a system
Russian :
разви́ться
(razvítʹsja)
— move in regular procession through a system
Serbo-Croatian :
еволуи́рати
— move in regular procession through a system
Serbo-Croatian :
еволви́рати
— move in regular procession through a system
Serbo-Croatian :
evoluírati
— move in regular procession through a system
Serbo-Croatian :
evolvírati
— move in regular procession through a system
Spanish :
progresar
— move in regular procession through a system
Spanish :
evolucionar
— move in regular procession through a system
Tagalog :
sumunlad
— move in regular procession through a system
Ukrainian :
розвива́тися
(rozvyvátysja)
— move in regular procession through a system
Ukrainian :
розви́нутись
(rozvýnutysʹ)
— move in regular procession through a system
Ukrainian :
розви́нутися
(rozvýnutysja)
— move in regular procession through a system
Catalan :
evolucionar
— to change, to transform
Esperanto :
evolui
— to change, to transform
Finnish :
muuttua
— to change, to transform
Finnish :
kehittyä
— to change, to transform
German :
verändern
— to change, to transform
Russian :
преобразоваться
(preobrazovatʹsja)
— to change, to transform
Russian :
преобразовываться
(preobrazovyvatʹsja)
— to change, to transform
Bulgarian :
развивам се
(razvivam se)
— come into being; develop
Catalan :
desenvolupar
— come into being; develop
Czech :
vyvinout
— come into being; develop
Dutch :
ontwikkelen
— come into being; develop
Finnish :
kehittää
— come into being; develop
French :
élaborer
— come into being; develop
Georgian :
განვითარება
(ganvitareba)
— come into being; develop
German :
entwickeln
— come into being; develop
Māori :
whanake
— come into being; develop
Portuguese :
desenvolver
— come into being; develop
Portuguese :
elaborar
— come into being; develop
Russian :
развива́ться
(razvivátʹsja)
— come into being; develop
Russian :
разви́ться
(razvítʹsja)
— come into being; develop
Spanish :
desarrollar
— come into being; develop
Catalan :
evolucionar
— change genetic composition
Dutch :
evolueren
— change genetic composition
Finnish :
kehittyä
— change genetic composition
Galician :
evolucionar
— change genetic composition
Korean :
진화하다
(jinhwahada)
— change genetic composition
Occitan :
evolucionar
— change genetic composition
Polish :
ewoluować
— change genetic composition
Portuguese :
evoluir
— change genetic composition
Portuguese :
evolucionar
— change genetic composition
Romanian :
evolua
— change genetic composition
Russian :
развива́ться
(razvivátʹsja)
— change genetic composition
Russian :
разви́ться
(razvítʹsja)
— change genetic composition
Russian :
эволюциони́ровать
(evoljucionírovatʹ)
— change genetic composition
Spanish :
evolucionar
— change genetic composition
Ukrainian :
розвива́тися
(rozvyvátysja)
— change genetic composition
Ukrainian :
розви́нутись
(rozvýnutysʹ)
— change genetic composition
Ukrainian :
розвива́тися
(rozvyvátysja)
— change genetic composition
Ukrainian :
еволюціонува́ти
(evoljucionuváty)
— change genetic composition
Bulgarian :
отделям
(otdeljam)
— to give off (a gas)
Finnish :
erittää
— to give off (a gas)
German :
freisetzen
— to give off (a gas)
Russian :
испуска́ть
(ispuskátʹ)
— to give off (a gas)
Russian :
испусти́ть
(ispustítʹ)
— to give off (a gas)
Russian :
выделя́ть
(vydeljátʹ)
— to give off (a gas)
Russian :
вы́делить
(výdelitʹ)
— to give off (a gas)
