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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 | ||
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