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- pronunciation:
- ih
valv
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
evolves, evolving, evolved |
| definition 1: |
to develop, achieve, or devise gradually.
Engineers are evolving new kinds of automobile engines.- synonyms:
- perfect
- similar words:
- develop, improve, metamorphose
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| definition 2: |
to develop or change by an evolutionary process.
Nature has evolved similar species in widely separated areas.
- similar words:
- adapt, develop, fit, grow, metamorphose
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| definition 3: |
to give off; emit.
- synonyms:
- emit
- similar words:
- discharge
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| related words: |
perfect |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to develop gradually; come into being.
The revolution evolved during years of suffering.The plan evolved over many weeks of discussion.- synonyms:
- develop, grow
- similar words:
- arise, emerge, result
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| definition 2: |
to develop or change into a more complex state.
The human's larger brain evolved over a fairly short time in the history of the Earth.- synonyms:
- develop, mature
- similar words:
- advance, change, grow, improve, progress, ripen
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| related words: |
become, originate |
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| derivations: |
evolvable (adj.), evolvement (n.), evolver (n.) |
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