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letter' aria-hidden='true'>d 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
    • Other Words
    • evo​lu​tion​ari​ly ˌe-və-ˈlü-shə-ˌner-ə-lē ˌē-və- adverb
    • evo​lu​tion​ary ˌe-və-ˈlü-shə-ˌner-ē ˌē-və- adjective
    • evo​lu​tion​ism ˌe-və-ˈlü-shə-ˌni-zəm ˌē-və- noun
    • evo​lu​tion​ist ˌe-və-ˈlü-sh(ə-)nist ˌē-və- noun or adjective
    Synonyms & Antonyms
    Synonyms
    development elaboration expansion growth progress progression
    Antonyms
    regress regression retrogression reversion
    Examples
    • //changes brought about by evolution
    • //an important step in the evolution of computers
    First Known Use
    1616, in the meaning defined at sense 6
    History 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 evolve
    evolution
    noun

    Synonyms & Antonyms

    Creek
    noun
    ˈkrēk

    Definition

    • plural Creek or Creeks a member of any of a group of Indigenous American peoples that formed a confederacy in Georgia and eastern Alabama in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and that were forcibly removed to Indian Territory in 1836 to 1840
    • plural Creek or Creeks a member of the people who comprised the nucleus of the Creek confederacy muscogee sense 1
      the Muskogean language of this people muscogee sense 2

      NOTE: Creek is the name by which the Muscogee people were known to English settlers prior to their forcible removal to Indian Territory. Present-day members of this nation live under the name Muscogee (Creek) Nation.

    First Known Use
    1725, in the meaning defi
    letter' aria-hidden='true'>d 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
    • Other Words
    • evo​lu​tion​ari​ly ˌe-və-ˈlü-shə-ˌner-ə-lē ˌē-və- adverb
    • evo​lu​tion​ary ˌe-və-ˈlü-shə-ˌner-ē ˌē-və- adjective
    • evo​lu​tion​ism ˌe-və-ˈlü-shə-ˌni-zəm ˌē-və- noun
    • evo​lu​tion​ist ˌe-və-ˈlü-sh(ə-)nist ˌē-və- noun or adjective
    Synonyms & Antonyms
    Synonyms
    development elaboration expansion growth progress progression
    Antonyms
    regress regression retrogression reversion
    Examples
    • //changes brought about by evolution
    • //an important step in the evolution of computers
    First Known Use
    1616, in the meaning defined at sense 6
    History 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 evolve
    evolution
    noun

    Synonyms & Antonyms

    Creek
    noun
    ˈkrēk

    Definition

    • plural Creek or Creeks a member of any of a group of Indigenous American peoples that formed a confederacy in Georgia and eastern Alabama in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and that were forcibly removed to Indian Territory in 1836 to 1840
    • plural Creek or Creeks a member of the people who comprised the nucleus of the Creek confederacy muscogee sense 1
      the Muskogean language of this people muscogee sense 2

      NOTE: Creek is the name by which the Muscogee people were known to English settlers prior to their forcible removal to Indian Territory. Present-day members of this nation live under the name Muscogee (Creek) Nation.

    First Known Use
    1725, in the meaning defi
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