"evolutionary" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˌiː.və.ˈl(j)uː.ʃən.ɹi/ [UK], /ˌɛv.əˈl(j)uː.ʃən.ɹi/ [UK], /ˌiː.vəˈluː.ʃən.ɛɹ.i/ [US], /ˌɛv.əˈluː.ʃən.ɛɹ.i/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-evolutionary.wav [Southern-England], En-us-evolutionary.ogg [US]
Etymology: From evolution + -ary. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|evolution|ary}} evolution + -ary Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} evolutionary (not comparable)
  1. Of or relating to the biological theory of evolution. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Biology, Evolutionary theory
    Sense id: en-evolutionary-en-adj-hVqPRoVY Disambiguation of Biology: 50 50 Disambiguation of Evolutionary theory: 50 50
  2. Having formal similarities to the biological theory of evolution. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Biology, Evolutionary theory
    Sense id: en-evolutionary-en-adj-LgEYvyU8 Disambiguation of Biology: 50 50 Disambiguation of Evolutionary theory: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ary Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 20 80 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ary: 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: evolutional Translations (of or relating to evolution): էվոլյուցիոն (ēvolyucʿion) (Armenian), эвалюцы́йны (evaljucýjny) (Belarusian), evolutiu (Catalan), evoluční (Czech), evolutions- (Danish), udviklings- (Danish), evolutionær (Danish), evolutionair (Dutch), evolua (Esperanto), evolutsiooniline (Estonian), évolutif (French), évolutionnaire (French), evolutionär (German), אבולוציוני (evolutsyóni) (Hebrew), evolúciós (Hungarian), éabhlóideach (Irish), evoluzionario (Italian), evolutivo (Italian), evolucionārs (Latvian), evolusjonær (Norwegian Bokmål), evolusjonær (Norwegian Nynorsk), evolutiu (Occitan), ewolucyjny (Polish), evolutivo (Portuguese), evoluțional (Romanian), evoluțial (Romanian), evoluționar (Romanian), эволюцио́нный (evoljuciónnyj) (Russian), evolúcījskī (Serbo-Croatian), evolutivo (Spanish), evolucionista (Spanish), evolucionario (Spanish), evolutionär (Swedish), еволюці́йний (evoljucíjnyj) (Ukrainian), tiến hóa (Vietnamese)
Derived forms: antievolutionary, anti-evolutionary, coevolutionary, co-evolutionary, evolutionarily, evolutionary adaptation, evolutionary adaptedness, evolutionary altruism, evolutionary analysis, evolutionary anthropologist, evolutionary anthropology, evolutionary basis, evolutionary behavior, evolutionary behaviour, evolutionary biologist, evolutionary biology, evolutionary cause, evolutionary center, evolutionary centre, evolutionary change, evolutionary convergence, evolutionary creationism, evolutionary creationist, evolutionary descent, evolutionary developmental biology, evolutionary divergence, evolutionary ecologist, evolutionary ecology, evolutionary embryologist, evolutionary embryology, evolutionary ethicist, evolutionary ethics, evolutionary ethologist, evolutionary ethology, evolutionary psychologist, evolutionary psychology, evolutionary radiation, evolutionary reconstruction, evolutionary relation, evolutionary relationship, evolutionary research, evolutionary researcher, evolutionary science, evolutionary scientist, evolutionary selection, evolutionary speciation, evolutionary species, evolutionary stage, evolutionary stasis, evolutionary status, evolutionary structure, evolutionary synthesis, evolutionary taxonomist, evolutionary theoretician, evolutionary theorist, evolutionary theory, evolutionary time, evolutionary timeline, evolutionary trap, evolutionary tree, evolutionary worldview, macroevolutionary, macro-evolutionary, microevolutionary, micro-evolutionary, nonevolutionary, non-evolutionary, postevolutionary, post-evolutionary, preevolutionary, pre-evolutionary, proevolutionary, pro-evolutionary, protoevolutionary, proto-evolutionary, pseudoevolutionary, pseudo-evolutionary, socioevolutionary Disambiguation of 'of or relating to evolution': 50 50

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      "word": "evolutionary developmental biology"
    },
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      "word": "evolutionary divergence"
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      "word": "evolutionary embryologist"
    },
    {
      "word": "evolutionary embryology"
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      "word": "evolutionary ethicist"
    },
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      "word": "evolutionary ethics"
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      "word": "evolutionary ethologist"
    },
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      "word": "evolutionary ethology"
    },
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      "word": "evolutionary psychologist"
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      "word": "evolutionary psychology"
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      "word": "evolutionary radiation"
    },
    {
      "word": "evolutionary reconstruction"
    },
    {
      "word": "evolutionary relation"
    },
    {
      "word": "evolutionary relationship"
    },
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      "word": "evolutionary researcher"
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      "word": "evolutionary stage"
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      "word": "evolutionary stasis"
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      "word": "evolutionary structure"
    },
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      "word": "evolutionary synthesis"
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      "word": "evolutionary time"
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      "word": "evolutionary timeline"
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    {
      "word": "evolutionary trap"
    },
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      "word": "evolutionary tree"
    },
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      "word": "evolutionary worldview"
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    },
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        "UK"
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        "US"
      ]
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        "US"
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      "word": "evolutional"
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ēvolyucʿion",
      "sense": "of or relating to evolution",
      "word": "էվոլյուցիոն"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "evaljucýjny",
      "sense": "of or relating to evolution",
      "word": "эвалюцы́йны"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "of or relating to evolution",
      "word": "evolutiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "of or relating to evolution",
      "word": "evoluční"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "of or relating to evolution",
      "word": "evolutions-"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "of or relating to evolution",
      "word": "udviklings-"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "of or relating to evolution",
      "word": "evolutionær"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "of or relating to evolution",
      "word": "evolutionair"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "of or relating to evolution",
      "word": "evolua"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "of or relating to evolution",
      "word": "evolutsiooniline"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of or relating to evolution",
      "word": "évolutif"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of or relating to evolution",
      "word": "évolutionnaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of or relating to evolution",
      "word": "evolutionär"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "evolutsyóni",
      "sense": "of or relating to evolution",
      "word": "אבולוציוני"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "of or relating to evolution",
      "word": "evolúciós"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "of or relating to evolution",
      "word": "éabhlóideach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of or relating to evolution",
      "word": "evoluzionario"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of or relating to evolution",
      "word": "evolutivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "of or relating to evolution",
      "word": "evolucionārs"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "of or relating to evolution",
      "word": "evolusjonær"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "of or relating to evolution",
      "word": "evolusjonær"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "of or relating to evolution",
      "word": "evolutiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "of or relating to evolution",
      "word": "ewolucyjny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of or relating to evolution",
      "word": "evolutivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "of or relating to evolution",
      "word": "evoluțional"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "of or relating to evolution",
      "word": "evoluțial"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "of or relating to evolution",
      "word": "evoluționar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "evoljuciónnyj",
      "sense": "of or relating to evolution",
      "word": "эволюцио́нный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "of or relating to evolution",
      "word": "evolúcījskī"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of or relating to evolution",
      "word": "evolutivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of or relating to evolution",
      "word": "evolucionista"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of or relating to evolution",
      "word": "evolucionario"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of or relating to evolution",
      "word": "evolutionär"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "evoljucíjnyj",
      "sense": "of or relating to evolution",
      "word": "еволюці́йний"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "of or relating to evolution",
      "word": "tiến hóa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "evolutionary"
}

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