Evolve

/ɪˈvɒlv/ · verb

Meaning

To move (something) in regular procession through a system..

Definitions by Sense

1. To move (something) in regular procession through a system.
2. To change or transform (something).
3. To cause (something) to come into being or develop.
4. Of a population: to acquire or develop (a trait) in the process of biological evolution.
5. To cause (a population, a species, etc.) to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution.
6. To give off (a gas such as carbon dioxide or oxygen) during a chemical reaction.
7. To wind or unwind (something).
8. To move in regular procession through a system.

Example Sentences

The animal soul sooner expands and evolves it self to its full orb and extent than the humane Soul

Over several years the author evolved the story originally drafted as a novella into a real epic.

You will remove the pig, place it in the car, and drive it to my house in Wiltshire. That is the plan I have evolved.

The interpreter has spent a whole lot of time working the music before the performance, trying to evolve the most accurate translation possible.

[…]I ask you, rather, to evolve a suitable plan with due deliberation and report it to me."¹⁴

How long ago did birds evolve beaks?

Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.

A hundred thousand years from now, will Homo sapiens have evolved into beings unrecognizable to their ancestors?

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• evolves
• evolving
• evolved

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