English noun: evolution | |||
1. | evolution (process) a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage) | ||
Samples | The development of his ideas took many years. The evolution of Greek civilization. The slow development of her skill as a writer. | ||
Synonyms | development | ||
Broader (hypernym) | physical process, process | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | assibilation, deepening, flowering, growth, unfolding | ||
Antonyms | degeneration, devolution | ||
2. | evolution (process) (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms | ||
Synonyms | organic evolution, phylogenesis, phylogeny | ||
Broader (hypernym) | biological process, organic process | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | anamorphism, anamorphosis, anthropogenesis, anthropogeny, emergent evolution, macroevolution, microevolution, speciation | ||
Domain category | biological science, biology | ||
Domain category members | Scopes trial | ||