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evolution

/ˌɛvəˈluʃ(ə)n/noun4 syllables

Evolution means: (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms.

Synonyms for evolution4

noun, as in (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms

organic evolution, phylogeny, phylogenesis

noun, as in a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)

development

Opposites of evolution

devolution

What does evolution mean?2

noun

1

(biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms

2

a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)“the development of his ideas took many years”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with evolution?20

three syllables

solutionpollutiondilution

five syllables

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Evolution in a sentence

  • Sinograms are a result of a long, contorted, organic evolution.nonong
  • Learning languages ​​is culture, knowing interlingua is evolution!carlosalberto
  • Evolution is not an opinion, it's a fact.Hybrid
  • Academics are voicing alarm that creationist ideas are replacing those of evolution.Cangarejo
  • Cosmology is a branch of science which studies the evolution of our universe.Hybrid
  • I'm very interested in the evolution of the dinosaurs.AlanF_US
  • He is an anthropology professor at our university who studies the evolution of societies.Cangarejo
  • The theory of evolution is beyond the reach of my imagination.unknown

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of evolution

as a noun

plural
evolutions