Meaning

10 senses
  1. (transitive)To move (something) in regular procession through a system.

  2. (transitive)To change or transform (something).

    Over several years the author evolved the story originally drafted as a novella into a real epic.

  3. (transitive)To cause (something) to come into being or develop.

    entwickeln

    развива́тьсяrazvivátʹsja, разви́тьсяrazvítʹsja

  4. (transitive, usually)To acquire or develop (a trait) in the process of biological evolution.

    How long ago did birds evolve beaks?

  5. (intransitive, transitive, usually)To change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution.

    A hundred thousand years from now, will Homo sapiens have evolved into beings unrecognizable to their ancestors?

    развива́тьсяrazvivátʹsja, разви́тьсяrazvítʹsja, эволюциони́роватьevoljucionírovatʹ

    розвива́тисяrozvyvátysja, розви́нутисьrozvýnutysʹ, розвива́тисяrozvyvátysja

  6. (transitive)To give off (a gas such as carbon dioxide or oxygen) during a chemical reaction.

    to evolve odours

    freisetzen

    испуска́тьispuskátʹ, испусти́тьispustítʹ, выделя́тьvydeljátʹ

  7. (intransitive)To move in regular procession through a system.

    andauern, fortdauern

    развива́тьсяrazvivátʹsja, разви́тьсяrazvítʹsja

    розвива́тисяrozvyvátysja, розви́нутисьrozvýnutysʹ, розви́нутисяrozvýnutysja

  8. (intransitive)To change, to transform.

    What began as a few lines of code has now evolved into a million-line behemoth.

    verändern

    преобразоватьсяpreobrazovatʹsja, преобразовыватьсяpreobrazovyvatʹsja

  9. (intransitive)Of a trait; to develop within a population through biological evolution.

    How long ago did beaks evolve?

  10. (obsolete, transitive)To wind or unwind (something).

More definitions
  • undergo development or evolution
  • work out
  • gain through experience

Examples

134 sentences
  1. Why have the apes evolved more than other animals?

    Чому людиноподібні мавпи еволюціонували більше, ніж інші тварини? — ChickenKiev

  2. Are we evolving as a species?

  3. Tom has evolved.

  4. As we evolve, our boundaries may shift.

    Як ми розвиваємося, наші особисті кордони можуть змінюватися. — Ahha

  5. What is consciousness and why did it evolve?

    Що таке свідомість, і чому вона вона еволювала? — deniko

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
change genetic composition:
move in regular procession through a system:
Русский
By meaning 4
come into being; develop:
change genetic composition:
to give off (a gas):
to change, to transform:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
come into being; develop:
to give off (a gas):
move in regular procession through a system:
to change, to transform:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

evolves, evolving, evolved, evolved
Base formevolve · to evolve
3rd person singularevolves
Present participleevolving
Past simpleevolved
Past participleevolved

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyevolve
he, she, itevolves

Past simpleLesson

all personsevolved

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave evolved
he, she, ithas evolved

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill evolve

Synonyms

32 synonyms

Word family

14 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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