Meaning
10 sensesA change of position.
(countable, uncountable)A manoeuvre of troops or ships.
(countable, uncountable)A turning movement, especially of the body.
An unfolding.
(countable, uncountable)The opening out of a curve; now more generally, the gradual transformation of a curve by a change of the conditions generating it.
(countable, historical, uncountable)The extraction of a root from a given power.
извлече́ние ко́рняizvlečénije kórnja
(countable, uncountable)The act or an instance of giving off gas; emission.
Process of development.
(countable, uncountable)Development; the act or result of developing what was implicit in an idea, argument etc.
The ongoing evolution of Lolita subculture fashion includes, among other things, the ballet style.
Evolution
эволю́цияevoljúcija, разви́тиеrazvítije
еволю́ціяevoljúcija
(countable, uncountable)A process of gradual change in a given system, subject, product etc., especially from simpler to more complex forms.
Among other forms of change, the evolution of transportation has involved modification, diversification, convergence, divergence, hybridization, differentiation, and naturally, selection.
(countable, uncountable)The transformation of animals, plants and other living things into different forms (now understood as a change in genetic composition) by the accumulation of changes over successive generations.
Evolution
эволю́цияevoljúcija, разви́тиеrazvítije
еволю́ціяevoljúcija
A change of position.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A turned or twisted shape; an involution, a complex or intricate shape.
An unfolding.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)The act or process of unfolding or opening out; the progression of events in regular succession.
перестрое́ниеperestrojénije, манёврmanjóvr, передвиже́ниеperedvižénije
- (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms
- a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
Examples
87 sentencesTom doesn't believe in evolution.
Том не вірить у еволюцію.
ruТом не верит в эволюцию.
Do you believe in evolution?
Ти віриш у еволюцію?
ruТы веришь в эволюцию?
He does not believe in evolution.
Він не вірить в еволюцію.
ruОн не верит в эволюцию.
deEr glaubt nicht an Evolution.
Welcome to the world of evolution.
Ласкаво просимо до світу еволюції.
I'm very interested in the evolution of the dinosaurs.
Мене дуже цікавить еволюція динозаврів.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Latin ēvolūtiō, ēvolūtiōnis (“the act of unrolling, unfolding or opening (ofBorrowed 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”).
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Forms
plural: evolutions| Singular | evolution |
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Synonyms
4 synonyms- (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms:organic evolutionphylogenyphylogenesis
- a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage):development
Antonyms
4 antonymsWord family
50 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable