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EnglishMerriam-Webster Dictionary='auth'>— Pamela Weintraub
EnglishMerriam-Webster Dictionary : the historical development of a biological group (such as a species) : phylogeny
: a process of change in a certain direction : unfolding
: the action or an instance of forming and giving something off : emission
: a process of continuous change from a lower, simpler, or worse to a higher, more complex, or better state : growth
: a process of gradual and relatively peaceful social, political, and economic advance
: something evolved
: the process of working out or developing
: the extraction of a mathematical root
: a process in which the whole universe is a progression of interrelated phenomena
: one of a set of prescribed movements
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
development elaboration expansion growth progress progressionAntonyms
regress regression retrogression reversionExamples
- //changes brought about by evolution
- //an important step in the evolution of computers
First Known Use
1616, in the meaning defined at sense 6History and Etymology
borrowed from New Latin ēvolūtiōn-, ēvolūtiō "unfolding of a curve (in geometry), emergence from an enclosing structure, historical development," going back to Medieval Latin, "unfolding of a tale, lapse of time," going back to Latin, "unrolling of a papyrus scroll while reading it," from ēvolū-, variant stem of ēvolvere "to roll out or away, unwind, unroll" + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of verbal action — more at evolveevolution
noun
Synonyms & Antonyms
- the act or process of going from the simple or basic to the complex or advanced //the evolution of motion pictures from short, silent reels into a medium of mass entertainment and an art formSynonymsRelated WordsNear AntonymsAntonyms: the historical development of a biological group (such as a species) : phylogeny: a process of change in a certain direction : unfolding: the action or an instance of forming and giving something off : emission: a process of continuous change from a lower, simpler, or worse to a higher, more complex, or better state : growth: a process of gradual and relatively peaceful social, political, and economic advance: something evolved: the process of working out or developing: the extraction of a mathematical root: a process in which the whole universe is a progression of interrelated phenomena: one of a set of prescribed movements
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
development elaboration expansion growth progress progressionAntonyms
regress regression retrogression reversionExamples
- //changes brought about by evolution
- //an important step in the evolution of computers
First Known Use
1616, in the meaning defined at sense 6History and Etymology
borrowed from New Latin ēvolūtiōn-, ēvolūtiō "unfolding of a curve (in geometry), emergence from an enclosing structure, historical development," going back to Medieval Latin, "unfolding of a tale, lapse of time," going back to Latin, "unrolling of a papyrus scroll while reading it," from ēvolū-, variant stem of ēvolvere "to roll out or away, unwind, unroll" + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of verbal action — more at evolveevolution
noun
Synonyms & Antonyms
- the act or process of going from the simple or basic to the complex or advanced //the evolution of motion pictures from short, silent reels into a medium of mass entertainment and an art formSynonymsRelated WordsNear AntonymsAntonyms