Evolve

/ɪˈvɒlv/

Synonyms for "evolve" (232 found)

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Closest matches (47)

Verb(8 words)

develop acquire adapt adjust advance changechanging pond food webconvert

advancealter intoamplify assemble avulsebe converted intobear fruitbeautify become beget bloom blossom breedbring forthbring into beingbuildcall into beingcastchange intocoin

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come round tocompose compound conceive concoct construct contrivecook upcreate cultivatecut out

Noun(6 words)

appearance changeblossomingchange over timechanging trendscloud computing revolutioncultural system changes

Adjective(2 words)

biological changechangeant

Strong matches (69)

deracinate derive descant design detail develop devisedig outdig updilate discover disentangle drawdraw outdream updredgedredge upeduce elaborate embellish

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emerge engender enlargeenlarge uponeradicate erect evoluteevolve intoevulse excavate excise excogitate expand expatiate explicate exsect extract extricate extrude fabricatefall intofashion finish flower form formulate framefudge togethergenerateget atget outget upgive being togive rise togougegouge outgrowgrub uphatch

Verb(4 words)

develop a skillforming germinate grow

Adjective(3 words)

dynamic shiftgradual changehistorical process change

Noun(3 words)

flowering plant life cyclegasgradual cultural system change

Related words (116)

Verb(9 words)

improve mudado mutate progress refine unfold unfolded update vary

improvise indite inventlapse intolight makemake domake do withmake upmanufacture maturate mature mellowmelt intomine mint mold mould moulder mouldy

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obtainopen intoopen uporiginate particularizepass intopatch togetherperfectpick outpiece togetherplan pluckpluck outpluck uppolish prefabricate prepare procreate produce progress pullpull outpull upput togetherput upquarry raiserake outrear refinerehearse in extensorelate at largeremove resultrip outripenripen intoroot outroot uprun intorun upseasonset upsettle intoshapeshift intospawn springstrike outtake outtear outthink outthink upturnturn intoturn tounearth unfold unravel uproot waxweed outwhomp upwithdrawwork outwrestwrest outwrite

Adjective(3 words)

linguistic gradual driftmature studentnaturally growing

Noun(16 words)

living term conceptmaturing metamorphoses morph mould mutatingnature changesnuancepolitical transition processprocess oriented modelstepwise changetech revolutionizingtransform transit transitioningvideo streaming evolution

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More general

6 entries

changecreate by mental actcreate mentallydevelop development evolution

More specific

7 entries

improve mature mutate refine speciate transform upgrade

Collocations

6 entries

evolve a planevolve graduallyevolve ideasevolve into adulthoodevolve over timeevolve skills

Inflections

3 entries

evolved evolves evolving

Derivations

3 entries

evolution evolutionarily evolutionary

similar

7 entries

acquire develop explicate formulate get grow produce

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The threat increases; a defence that doesn't evolve is meaningless.

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The rules of grammar and spelling have to be broken in order for a language to evolve.

Source: tatoeba (628080)

Do all systems naturally evolve towards an equilibrium state?

Source: tatoeba (1015872)

We did not evolve from monkeys. We share a common ancestor.

Source: tatoeba (1632239)

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