evolution

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) A change of position.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A change of position.
  3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A change of position.
  4. (archaic, countable, uncountable) An unfolding.
  5. (countable, uncountable) An unfolding.
  6. (countable, historical, uncountable) An unfolding.
  7. (countable, uncountable) An unfolding.
  8. (countable, uncountable) Process of development.
  9. (countable, uncountable) Process of development.
  10. (countable, uncountable) Process of development.

Synonyms

development
B2
growth
C1
progress
B1
evolvement
transformation
C1
progression
21k
change
A1
phylogeny
phylogenesis
metamorphosis
24k
maturation
unfolding
25k
evolve
C2
advance
B2
march
B1

modification

process
B1

organic evolution

genealogy
37k
gestation
46k
growing
B1
evolutional
improvement
C1
phylogenics
emission
31k
dynamics
C2

maduration

ontogeny
developmental
38k
phylogenetics
develop
B2

extracting roots

derivation
civilisation
C2
progressive
C2
spread
B1
stretch
B2
transform
C1
changes
B1
transition
C1

transmutation

transmute
trends
21k
unfold
C2
buildup
24k
unroll
metasomatism
radication
birth
B1
innovation
C2
Translations

evolución
évolution
evoluzione
Evolution
evolução
evolució
evolutie

εξέλιξη

développement
evrim
Entwicklung
ontwikkeling
sviluppo
تطور
Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌiːvəˈluːʃ(ə)n/
Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēvolūtiō, ēvolūtiōnis (“the act of unrolling, unfolding or opening (of a book)”), from ēvolūtus, perfect passive participle of ēvolvō (“unroll, unfold”), from ex + volvō (“roll”). Compare typologically Czech vývoj, Serbo-Croatian развој, Russian разви́ть (razvítʹ), развива́ть (razvivátʹ), разви́ться (razvítʹsja), развива́ться (razvivátʹsja), Russian разви́тие (razvítije), related to Proto-Slavic *viti (whence Czech vít, Russian вить (vitʹ)).

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