evolution
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
chemistry
dance
dancing
geometry
government
hobbies
lifestyle
mathematics
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
sciences
sports
war
Etymology: Borrowed 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”).
Compare typologically Czech vývoj, Serbo-Croatian развој, Russian разви́ть (razvítʹ), развива́ть (razvivátʹ), разви́ться (razvítʹsja), развива́ться (razvivátʹsja), Russian разви́тие (razvítije), related to Proto-Slavic *viti (whence Czech vít, Russian вить (vitʹ)).
Inflected forms:
form: evolutions
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A change of position.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Mean while, he never failed to be present, when any regiment, or corps of men, were drawn out to be exercised and reviewed, and accompanied them in all their evolutions […].
Major Holroyd, who acted as the General, was extremely polite, and attentive, and came to us between every evolution, to explain and talk over the manoeuvres.
gloss: A change of position.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Our necromancer […] taking up his wand, waved it around his head in a very mysterious motion, with a view of intimidating these forward visitants, who, far from being awed by this sort of evolution, became more and more obstreperous […].
It was a critical instant: the pirouette -- it would fail, she feared. … the rapid whirl achieved in exact time, the whole evolution executed to perfection.
… as he beheld the tenfold pirouette of a lovely girl, which presented to the public eye the whole of her form and figure; … to praise the dexterity and ease with which the unfortunate and degraded creature had performed the ungraceful evolution, the only merit of which, is the gross exposition of person, at which modesty shudders […]
"Look now, that pirouette -- my stars! how Beauchamp would stare to see his darling perform such an evolution!"
By this operation each foot will describe an arc or segment of a circle. … This evolution is performed sometimes on one foot, sometimes on the other …
gloss: A change of position.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: ‘It is not in the showy evolutions of buildings, but in the multiplicity of human habitations which are crouded together, that the wonderful immensity of London consists.’
gloss: An unfolding.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
countable
uncountable
examples: The world […] might have been gradually produced from very small beginnings […] rather than by a sudden evolution of the whole by the Almighty fiat.
gloss: An unfolding.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An unfolding.
pos: noun
tags: countable
historical
uncountable
gloss: An unfolding.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Process of development.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The ongoing evolution of Lolita subculture fashion includes, among other things, the ballet style.
Suffering has a noble purpose: the evolution of consciousness and the burning up of the ego.
gloss: Process of development.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Among other forms of change, the evolution of transportation has involved modification, diversification, convergence, divergence, hybridization, differentiation, and naturally, selection.
By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.
There are some examples of cultural evolution in birds and monkeys, but […] it is our own species that really shows what cultural evolution can do.
gloss: Process of development.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: […]and thus he [Lamarck] was inclined to assert the priority of the types of marine animals to those of the terrestrial, and to fancy, for example, that the testacea of the ocean existed first, until some of them, by gradual evolution, were improved into those inhabiting the land.
[Some books have] made the erroneous assumption that the important thing in evolution is the good of the species (or the group) rather than the good of the individual (or the gene).
Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction.
Antonyms: stagnation
revolution
extinction
Related words: antievolutionary
evolute
evolutional
evolutionally
evolutionarily
evolutionary
evolutionism
evolutionist
evolutionistic
evolutionistically
evolutive
evolutor
Evolutor
evoluture
evolvable
evolve
evolvement
evolver
evolving
nonevolutionary
unevolutionary
Darwinism
neo-Darwinism
Derived words: antievolution
bioevolution
biological evolution
coevolution
co-evolution
convergent evolution
cosmic evolution
cultural evolution
deistic evolution
ecoevolution
Eeveelution
emergent evolution
evilution
evogram
evolutionary
Evolution Day
evolution denial
evolution denier
evolutiondidit
evolutionise
evolutionize
evolutionlike
evolution of the gaps
evotard
genetic evolution
karyoevolution
long term evolution
macroevolution
megaevolution
mesoevolution
metaevolution
meta-evolution
microevolution
morphoevolution
neoevolution
neuroevolution
organic evolution
orthoevolution
paleoevolution
participant evolution
photoevolution
planetary evolution
quantum evolution
self-evolution
social evolution
speculative evolution
stellar evolution
theistic evolution
time evolution
unilineal evolution
unilinear evolution
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: تَطَوُّر
roman: taṭawwur
lang: Armenian
word: էվոլյուցիա
roman: ēvolyucʻia
lang: Armenian
word: զարգացում
roman: zargacʻum
lang: Asturian
word: evolución
lang: Bulgarian
word: разви́тие
roman: razvítie
lang: Catalan
word: evolució
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 演變 /演变
roman: yǎnbiàn
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 變遷 /变迁
roman: biànqiān
lang: Czech
word: evoluce
lang: Czech
word: vývoj
lang: Danish
word: udvikling
lang: Dutch
word: evolutie
lang: Esperanto
word: evoluo
lang: Esperanto
word: evoluado
lang: Estonian
word: evolutsioon
lang: Finnish
word: evoluutio
lang: Finnish
word: kehitys
lang: Finnish
word: muutos
lang: French
word: évolution
lang: Galician
word: evolución
lang: Georgian
word: ევოლუცია
roman: evolucia
lang: Georgian
word: განვითარება
roman: ganvitareba
lang: German
word: Evolution
lang: Hawaiian
word: liliuoli
lang: Hebrew
word: הִתְפַּתְּחוּת
roman: hitpat'khút
lang: Hebrew
word: הִשְׁתַלְשְׁלוּת
roman: hishtalsh'lút
lang: Hindi
word: क्रमविकास
roman: kramvikās
lang: Interlingua
word: evolution
lang: Italian
word: evoluzione
lang: Javanese
word: épolusi
lang: Javanese
word: kamajengan
lang: Kyrgyz
word: өзгөртүм
roman: özgörtüm
lang: Latin
word: seriēs
lang: Latin
word: prōgressus
lang: Latvian
word: evolūcija
lang: Lithuanian
word: evoliucija
lang: Lombard
word: evoluzion
lang: Malay
word: evolusi
lang: Malay
word: ubah ansur
lang: Maltese
word: evoluzzjoni
lang: Māori
word: whanaketanga
lang: Māori
word: kukuwhatanga
lang: Marathi
word: उत्क्रांती
roman: utkrāntī
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: evolusjon
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: evolusjon
lang: Occitan
word: evolucion
lang: Persian
word: تکامل
roman: takâmol
lang: Persian
word: فرگشت
roman: fargašt
lang: Polish
word: ewolucja
lang: Portuguese
word: evolução
lang: Romanian
word: evoluție
lang: Russian
word: эволю́ция
roman: evoljúcija
lang: Russian
word: разви́тие
roman: razvítije
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: evolúcija
lang: Slovak
word: evolúcia
lang: Spanish
word: evolución
lang: Swedish
word: evolution
lang: Swedish
word: utveckling
lang: Tagalog
word: pagsunlad
lang: Thai
word: วิวัฒนาการ
roman: wí-wát-tá-naa-gaan
lang: Ukrainian
word: еволю́ція
roman: evoljúcija
lang: Welsh
word: esblygiad