Evolution Meaning and Definition


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Evolution meaning

Word: Evolution

How to pronounce: iːvəˈluːʃən

Noun

Definitions:

1. The process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth.

Example sentences: "Most do believe that evolution works by natural selection on changes in organisms due to random changes in their DNA, and the evidence for this is overwhelming."

2. The gradual development of something, especially from a simple to a more complex form.

Example sentences: "The forms of written languages undergo constant evolution"

3. The giving off of a gaseous product, or of heat.

Example sentences: "The evolution of oxygen occurs rapidly in this process"

4. A pattern of movements or maneuvers.

Example sentences: "Silk ribbons waving in fanciful evolutions"

5. The extraction of a root from a given quantity.


Synonyms:

developmental

development

evolvement

expansion

growth

progress

progression

evolving

organic evolution


Derivations:

evolutionary

evolutional

evolutive

evolutionism

evolutionist

evolve


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Evolution in Other Languages...

Spanish: Evolución

German: Evolution

French: évolution

Italian: Evoluzione

Turkish: Evrim


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