evolve

Meaning

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

Synonyms

develop

change

unfold

grow

evolution

transform

invent

make

create

expound

build

acquire

progress

germinate

emit

advance

devolve

discharge

educe

eject

elaborate

exercise

explicate

exude

forge

generate

give off

honed

improve

maturate

perfect

play

polish

🇵🇱

practice

raise

revitalize

revolve

secrete

spin

transmutation

unroll

vary

work out

work up

make progress

development

act

adolesce

become

blossom

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Translations

évoluer

evolucionar

evoluir

sviluppare

desenvolver

entwickeln

desarrollar

élaborer

evolucionar

svilupparsi

ontwikkelen

evolvere

αναπτύσσω

evolucionar

εξελίσσομαι

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪˈvɑlv/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēvolvō (“unroll, unfold”), from ē- (“out of”) (short form of ex) + volvō (“roll”).