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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 |
adverb + (v.)evolve
constantly, continually, continuously, eventually, gradually, highly, quickly, rapidly, since
(v.)evolve
+ adverb
considerably, differently, dramatically, historically, independently, naturally, separately, slowly, steadily
(v.)evolve
+ noun
adaptation, ancestor, ape, decade, decency, dinosaur, entity, form, isolation, mechanism, partnership, predator, resistance, selection
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| derivations: |
evolvable (adj.), evolvement (n.), evolver (n.) |
The word evolve
contains the following parts:
e-
Latin
prefix
that means out, out of, away
  More about this word part:
The prefix e-
is an assimilated form of ex- used before roots beginning with certain consonants (b d, g, j, l, m, n, r, v). See ex-.
Example words:
ebullient, edentulous, edict, educate, educe, egregious, egress, ejaculate, eject, elaborate, elate, elect, elicit, elide, eligible, elite, elocution, elongate, eloquence, eloquent, elucidate, elude, emaciate, emancipate, emasculate, emend, emerge, emergency, emigrate, eminent, emissary, emit, emollient, emolument, emulsion, enervate, enormity, enormous, enumerate, enunciate, eradicate, erase, erode, eruct, erudite, erupt, evacuate, evade, evaluate, evanesce, event, eventuate, evert, evict, evident, evocative, evoke, evolution, evolve, ineluctable, ineradicable
volv, volu, volut
Latin
root
that means roll, turn
Example words:
convoluted, convolution, convolve, convolvulus, devolve, evolution, evolve, involucre, involute, involve, microevolution, revolution, revolve, revolver, vault, voluble, volume, voluminous, volute, volvulus
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