devolve
Betekenis (Engels)
- (intransitive) To be inherited by someone else; to pass down upon the next person in a succession, especially through failure or loss of an earlier holder.
- (transitive) To delegate (a responsibility, duty, etc.) on or upon someone.
- (especially, transitive, usually) To delegate (a responsibility, duty, etc.) on or upon someone.
- (intransitive) To fall as a duty or responsibility on or upon someone.
- (especially, intransitive) To fall as a duty or responsibility on or upon someone.
- (intransitive) To degenerate; to break down.
- (obsolete, transitive) To roll (something) down; to unroll.
Teenoorgestelde van
evolve, improve
Sinonieme
offer a post
various levels
blossom forth
Vertalings
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/dɪˈvɒɫv/
Etimologie (Engels)
Borrowed from Latin dēvolvō (“roll or tumble off or down”), from dē + volvō (“roll”).
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