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Evolution

ˌiːvəˈluːʃn

Evolution definitions

noun

Inflections:

evolution evolutions

the process by which animals, plants, and other living organisms are transformed into different forms by the accumulation of changes over successive generations

Synonyms:
Darwinism natural selection
the gradual development of something

"the forms of written languages undergo constant evolution"

Synonyms:
development advancement growth rise progress progression expansion extension unfolding
the giving off of a gaseous product, or of heat

"the evolution of oxygen occurs rapidly in this process"
a pattern of movements or manoeuvres

"flocks of waders often perform aerial evolutions"
the extraction of a root from a given quantity