"evolve" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ɪˈvɑlv/ [General-American], /ɪˈvɒlv/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-evolve.wav [Southern-England] Forms: evolves [present, singular, third-person], evolving [participle, present], evolved [participle, past], evolved [past]
Rhymes: -ɑlv, -ɒlv Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ēvolvō (“unroll, unfold”), from ē- (“out of”) (short form of ex) + volvō (“roll”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|ēvolvō|t=unroll, unfold}} Latin ēvolvō (“unroll, unfold”), {{m|la|ē-|t=out of}} ē- (“out of”), {{m|la|ex}} ex, {{m|la|volvō|t=roll}} volvō (“roll”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} evolve (third-person singular simple present evolves, present participle evolving, simple past and past participle evolved)
  1. (transitive)
    To move (something) in regular procession through a system.
    Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-evolve-en-verb-B4dUMLsL
  2. (transitive)
    To change or transform (something).
    Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-evolve-en-verb-AWT6USZG
  3. (transitive)
    To cause (something) to come into being or develop.
    Tags: transitive Translations (come into being; develop): развивам се (razvivam se) (Bulgarian), desenvolupar (Catalan), vyvinout (Czech), ontwikkelen (Dutch), kehittää (Finnish), élaborer (French), განვითარება (ganvitareba) (Georgian), entwickeln (German), whanake (Maori), desenvolver (Portuguese), elaborar (Portuguese), развива́ться (razvivátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), разви́ться (razvítʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), desarrollar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-evolve-en-verb-yr5R8eAG Disambiguation of 'come into being; develop': 1 0 64 11 3 11 1 2 0 7
  4. (transitive)
    (biology)
    Of a population: to acquire or develop (a trait) in the process of biological evolution.
    Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-evolve-en-verb-o~oX-buu Topics: biology, natural-sciences
  5. (transitive)
    (biology)
    (chiefly passive voice) To cause (a population, a species, etc.) to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution.
    Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Biology Translations (change genetic composition): evolucionar (Catalan), evolueren (Dutch), kehittyä (Finnish), evolucionar (Galician), 진화하다 (jinhwahada) (Korean), evolucionar (Occitan), ewoluować (Polish), evoluir (Portuguese), evolucionar (Portuguese), evolua (Romanian), развива́ться (razvivátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), разви́ться (razvítʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), эволюциони́ровать (evoljucionírovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), evolucionar (Spanish), розвива́тися (rozvyvátysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), розви́нутись (rozvýnutysʹ) [perfective] (Ukrainian), розвива́тися (rozvyvátysja) [perfective] (Ukrainian), еволюціонува́ти (evoljucionuváty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-evolve-en-verb-zwiyKLaj Topics: biology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'change genetic composition': 3 4 7 7 51 6 4 4 7 8
  6. (transitive)
    (chemistry) To give off (a gas such as carbon dioxide or oxygen) during a chemical reaction.
    Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Chemistry Translations (to give off (a gas)): отделям (otdeljam) (Bulgarian), erittää (Finnish), freisetzen (German), испуска́ть (ispuskátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), испусти́ть (ispustítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), выделя́ть (vydeljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), вы́делить (výdelitʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-evolve-en-verb-5YHbqSF5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 1 20 17 9 33 3 3 1 10 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'to give off (a gas)': 1 0 9 6 4 73 1 3 0 3
  7. (transitive)
    (obsolete) To wind or unwind (something).
    Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-evolve-en-verb-iVSNp7NE
  8. (intransitive)
    To move in regular procession through a system.
    Tags: intransitive Translations (move in regular procession through a system): напредвам (napredvam) (Bulgarian), еволюи́рам (evoljuíram) (Bulgarian), progressar (Catalan), vyvíjet se (Czech), arenema (Estonian), kehittyä (Finnish), évoluer (French), progresser (French), andauern (German), fortdauern (German), 발전하다 (baljeonhada) (Korean), ēvolvō (Latin), kukuwhata (Maori), evoluir (Portuguese), progredir (Portuguese), crescer (Portuguese), a evolua (Romanian), развива́ться (razvivátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), разви́ться (razvítʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), еволуи́рати [Cyrillic, imperfective, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), еволви́рати [Cyrillic, imperfective, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), evoluírati [Roman, imperfective, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), evolvírati [Roman, imperfective, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), progresar (Spanish), evolucionar (Spanish), sumunlad (Tagalog), розвива́тися (rozvyvátysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), розви́нутись (rozvýnutysʹ) [perfective] (Ukrainian), розви́нутися (rozvýnutysja) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-evolve-en-verb-kszimGZy Disambiguation of 'move in regular procession through a system': 16 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2
  9. (intransitive)
    To change, to transform.
    Tags: intransitive Translations (to change, to transform): evolucionar (Catalan), muuttua (Finnish), kehittyä (Finnish), verändern (German), преобразоваться (preobrazovatʹsja) (Russian), преобразовываться (preobrazovyvatʹsja) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-evolve-en-verb-epBXgowz Disambiguation of 'to change, to transform': 0 12 0 1 5 0 0 0 82 1
  10. (intransitive)
    (biology) Of a trait; to develop within a population through biological evolution.
    Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-evolve-en-verb-YG~u5VFF Topics: biology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: co-evolve Related terms: evolute, evolution, evolutive, evolvable, evolvement, evolver

Verb [Italian]

IPA: /eˈvɔl.ve/
Rhymes: -ɔlve Head templates: {{head|it|verb form}} evolve
  1. third-person singular present indicative of evolvere Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: evolvere
    Sense id: en-evolve-it-verb-FUohsgHn Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header

Verb [Latin]

IPA: /eːˈu̯ol.u̯e/ [Classical], [eːˈu̯ɔɫ̪u̯ɛ] [Classical], /eˈvol.ve/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [eˈvɔlve] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: ēvolve [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|verb form|head=ēvolve}} ēvolve
  1. second-person singular present active imperative of ēvolvō Tags: active, form-of, imperative, present, second-person, singular Form of: ēvolvō
    Sense id: en-evolve-la-verb-OlBmX6qo Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

Verb [Portuguese]

Head templates: {{head|pt|verb form}} evolve
  1. inflection of evolver: Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: evolver
    Sense id: en-evolve-pt-verb-XFSFH6E9 Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 68 32
  2. inflection of evolver: Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: evolver
    Sense id: en-evolve-pt-verb-7Ehv5flY

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1979 August 25, Vicki Gabriner, Susan Freundlich, “Bridging the Gaps between Deaf and Hearing Lesbians”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 6, page 8",
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          "ref": "2005, Donald Keene, quoting Emperor Kōmei, Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His world, 1852–1912, New York: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, chapter 9, page 78",
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          "ref": "2013 September-October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, archived from the original on 2013-09-03",
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          "ref": "2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 204",
          "text": "The ice age was nearly two million years old by the time the woolly mammoth evolved.",
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          "sense": "change genetic composition",
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          "sense": "change genetic composition",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "change genetic composition",
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          "code": "gl",
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          "sense": "change genetic composition",
          "word": "evolucionar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 7 7 51 6 4 4 7 8",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jinhwahada",
          "sense": "change genetic composition",
          "word": "진화하다"
        },
        {
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          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "change genetic composition",
          "word": "evolucionar"
        },
        {
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "change genetic composition",
          "word": "ewoluować"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "change genetic composition",
          "word": "evoluir"
        },
        {
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "change genetic composition",
          "word": "evolucionar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 7 7 51 6 4 4 7 8",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "change genetic composition",
          "word": "evolua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 7 7 51 6 4 4 7 8",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "razvivátʹsja",
          "sense": "change genetic composition",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "развива́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 7 7 51 6 4 4 7 8",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "razvítʹsja",
          "sense": "change genetic composition",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "разви́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 7 7 51 6 4 4 7 8",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "evoljucionírovatʹ",
          "sense": "change genetic composition",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "эволюциони́ровать"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "change genetic composition",
          "word": "evolucionar"
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rozvyvátysja",
          "sense": "change genetic composition",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "розвива́тися"
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        {
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rozvýnutysʹ",
          "sense": "change genetic composition",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "розви́нутись"
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rozvyvátysja",
          "sense": "change genetic composition",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "розвива́тися"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 7 7 51 6 4 4 7 8",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "evoljucionuváty",
          "sense": "change genetic composition",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "еволюціонува́ти"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Chemistry",
          "orig": "en:Chemistry",
          "parents": [
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 1 20 17 9 33 3 3 1 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to evolve odours",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To give off (a gas such as carbon dioxide or oxygen) during a chemical reaction."
      ],
      "id": "en-evolve-en-verb-5YHbqSF5",
      "links": [
        [
          "chemistry",
          "chemistry"
        ],
        [
          "give off",
          "give off"
        ],
        [
          "gas",
          "gas#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "carbon dioxide",
          "carbon dioxide"
        ],
        [
          "oxygen",
          "oxygen"
        ],
        [
          "chemical reaction",
          "chemical reaction"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(chemistry) To give off (a gas such as carbon dioxide or oxygen) during a chemical reaction."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 0 9 6 4 73 1 3 0 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "otdeljam",
          "sense": "to give off (a gas)",
          "word": "отделям"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 0 9 6 4 73 1 3 0 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to give off (a gas)",
          "word": "erittää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 0 9 6 4 73 1 3 0 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to give off (a gas)",
          "word": "freisetzen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 0 9 6 4 73 1 3 0 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ispuskátʹ",
          "sense": "to give off (a gas)",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "испуска́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 0 9 6 4 73 1 3 0 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ispustítʹ",
          "sense": "to give off (a gas)",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "испусти́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 0 9 6 4 73 1 3 0 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vydeljátʹ",
          "sense": "to give off (a gas)",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "выделя́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 0 9 6 4 73 1 3 0 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "výdelitʹ",
          "sense": "to give off (a gas)",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "вы́делить"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "[1795], James Woodhouse, “[To William Shenstone, Esq. in His Sickness.] Elegy VI. To a Lady, on the Language of the Birds.”, in William Shenstone, The Poetical Works of William Shenstone. […], Cooke’s edition, London: […] C. Cooke, […], →OCLC, page 54, lines 9–12",
          "text": "And come, my Muſe! that lov'ſt the ſylvan ſhade, / Evolve the mazes, and the miſt diſpel; / Tranſlate the ſong; convince my doubting maid / No ſolemn Derviſe can explain ſo vvell— […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "glosses": [
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      ],
      "id": "en-evolve-en-verb-iVSNp7NE",
      "links": [
        [
          "wind",
          "wind#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "unwind",
          "unwind#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(obsolete) To wind or unwind (something)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1870, John Shairp, Culture and Religion",
          "text": "Not by any power evolved from man's own resources, but by a power which descended from above.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To move in regular procession through a system."
      ],
      "id": "en-evolve-en-verb-kszimGZy",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive)",
        "To move in regular procession through a system."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "16 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "napredvam",
          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
          "word": "напредвам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "evoljuíram",
          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
          "word": "еволюи́рам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
          "word": "progressar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
          "word": "vyvíjet se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
          "word": "arenema"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
          "word": "kehittyä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
          "word": "évoluer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
          "word": "progresser"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
          "word": "andauern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
          "word": "fortdauern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "baljeonhada",
          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
          "word": "발전하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
          "word": "ēvolvō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
          "word": "kukuwhata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
          "word": "evoluir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
          "word": "progredir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
          "word": "crescer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
          "word": "a evolua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "razvivátʹsja",
          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "развива́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "razvítʹsja",
          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "разви́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "imperfective",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "еволуи́рати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "imperfective",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "еволви́рати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "imperfective",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "evoluírati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "imperfective",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "evolvírati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
          "word": "progresar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
          "word": "evolucionar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
          "word": "sumunlad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rozvyvátysja",
          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "розвива́тися"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rozvýnutysʹ",
          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "розви́нутись"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rozvýnutysja",
          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "розви́нутися"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "What began as a few lines of code has now evolved into a million-line behemoth.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "To change, to transform."
      ],
      "id": "en-evolve-en-verb-epBXgowz",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive)",
        "To change, to transform."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 12 0 1 5 0 0 0 82 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to change, to transform",
          "word": "evolucionar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 12 0 1 5 0 0 0 82 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to change, to transform",
          "word": "muuttua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 12 0 1 5 0 0 0 82 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to change, to transform",
          "word": "kehittyä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 12 0 1 5 0 0 0 82 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to change, to transform",
          "word": "verändern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 12 0 1 5 0 0 0 82 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "preobrazovatʹsja",
          "sense": "to change, to transform",
          "word": "преобразоваться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 12 0 1 5 0 0 0 82 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "preobrazovyvatʹsja",
          "sense": "to change, to transform",
          "word": "преобразовываться"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Biology",
          "orig": "en:Biology",
          "parents": [
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "How long ago did beaks evolve?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of a trait; to develop within a population through biological evolution."
      ],
      "id": "en-evolve-en-verb-YG~u5VFF",
      "links": [
        [
          "biology",
          "biology"
        ],
        [
          "trait",
          "trait"
        ],
        [
          "biological",
          "biological#Adjective"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive)",
        "(biology) Of a trait; to develop within a population through biological evolution."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɪˈvɑlv/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪˈvɒlv/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑlv"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒlv"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-evolve.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d0/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-evolve.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-evolve.wav.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
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  "word": "evolve"
}

{
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      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "evolve",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "e‧vòl‧ve"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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      ],
      "id": "en-evolve-it-verb-FUohsgHn",
      "links": [
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          "evolvere",
          "evolvere#Italian"
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      "ipa": "/eˈvɔl.ve/"
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      "rhymes": "-ɔlve"
    }
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}

{
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      "form": "ēvolve",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "verb form",
        "head": "ēvolve"
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      "expansion": "ēvolve",
      "name": "head"
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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          "source": "w"
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      ],
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        {
          "word": "ēvolvō"
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      ],
      "id": "en-evolve-la-verb-OlBmX6qo",
      "links": [
        [
          "ēvolvō",
          "evolvo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/eːˈu̯ol.u̯e/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[eːˈu̯ɔɫ̪u̯ɛ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈvol.ve/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[eˈvɔlve]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "evolve"
}

{
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "verb form"
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      "expansion": "evolve",
      "name": "head"
    }
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  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "68 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "word": "evolver"
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      "id": "en-evolve-pt-verb-XFSFH6E9",
      "links": [
        [
          "evolver",
          "evolver#Portuguese"
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        "inflection of evolver:\n"
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        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "evolver"
        }
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      "glosses": [
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        "second-person singular imperative"
      ],
      "id": "en-evolve-pt-verb-7Ehv5flY",
      "links": [
        [
          "evolver",
          "evolver#Portuguese"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "inflection of evolver:\n"
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        "singular"
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}
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms borrowed from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑlv",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑlv/2 syllables",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒlv",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒlv/2 syllables"
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    {
      "word": "co-evolve"
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      "name": "bor"
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin ēvolvō (“unroll, unfold”), from ē- (“out of”) (short form of ex) + volvō (“roll”).",
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    {
      "form": "evolves",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "evolving",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "evolved",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "evolved",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "args": {},
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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    "e‧volve"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "word": "evolute"
    },
    {
      "word": "evolution"
    },
    {
      "word": "evolutive"
    },
    {
      "word": "evolvable"
    },
    {
      "word": "evolvement"
    },
    {
      "word": "evolver"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To move (something) in regular procession through a system."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "move",
          "move#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "regular",
          "regular#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "procession",
          "procession"
        ],
        [
          "system",
          "system"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "To move (something) in regular procession through a system."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Over several years the author evolved the story originally drafted as a novella into a real epic.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To change or transform (something)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "change",
          "change#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "transform",
          "transform#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "To change or transform (something)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1939, P. G. Wodehouse, Uncle Fred in the Springtime",
          "text": "You will remove the pig, place it in the car, and drive it to my house in Wiltshire. That is the plan I have evolved.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1979 August 25, Vicki Gabriner, Susan Freundlich, “Bridging the Gaps between Deaf and Hearing Lesbians”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 6, page 8",
          "text": "The interpreter has spent a whole lot of time working the music before the performance, trying to evolve the most accurate translation possible.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Donald Keene, quoting Emperor Kōmei, Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His world, 1852–1912, New York: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, chapter 9, page 78",
          "text": "[…]I ask you, rather, to evolve a suitable plan with due deliberation and report it to me.\"¹⁴",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause (something) to come into being or develop."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cause",
          "cause#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "come into being",
          "come into being"
        ],
        [
          "develop",
          "develop"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "To cause (something) to come into being or develop."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Biology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2013 September-October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, archived from the original on 2013-09-03",
          "text": "Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "text": "How long ago did birds evolve beaks?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of a population: to acquire or develop (a trait) in the process of biological evolution."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biology",
          "biology"
        ],
        [
          "population",
          "population"
        ],
        [
          "acquire",
          "acquire"
        ],
        [
          "trait",
          "trait"
        ],
        [
          "process",
          "process#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "biological",
          "biological#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "evolution",
          "evolution"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(biology)",
        "Of a population: to acquire or develop (a trait) in the process of biological evolution."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Biology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "A hundred thousand years from now, will Homo sapiens have evolved into beings unrecognizable to their ancestors?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 204",
          "text": "The ice age was nearly two million years old by the time the woolly mammoth evolved.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause (a population, a species, etc.) to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biology",
          "biology"
        ],
        [
          "species",
          "species"
        ],
        [
          "genetic",
          "genetic"
        ],
        [
          "composition",
          "composition"
        ],
        [
          "successive",
          "successive"
        ],
        [
          "generation",
          "generation"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "chiefly passive voice",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(biology)",
        "(chiefly passive voice) To cause (a population, a species, etc.) to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Chemistry"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to evolve odours",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To give off (a gas such as carbon dioxide or oxygen) during a chemical reaction."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chemistry",
          "chemistry"
        ],
        [
          "give off",
          "give off"
        ],
        [
          "gas",
          "gas#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "carbon dioxide",
          "carbon dioxide"
        ],
        [
          "oxygen",
          "oxygen"
        ],
        [
          "chemical reaction",
          "chemical reaction"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(chemistry) To give off (a gas such as carbon dioxide or oxygen) during a chemical reaction."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "[1795], James Woodhouse, “[To William Shenstone, Esq. in His Sickness.] Elegy VI. To a Lady, on the Language of the Birds.”, in William Shenstone, The Poetical Works of William Shenstone. […], Cooke’s edition, London: […] C. Cooke, […], →OCLC, page 54, lines 9–12",
          "text": "And come, my Muſe! that lov'ſt the ſylvan ſhade, / Evolve the mazes, and the miſt diſpel; / Tranſlate the ſong; convince my doubting maid / No ſolemn Derviſe can explain ſo vvell— […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To wind or unwind (something)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wind",
          "wind#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "unwind",
          "unwind#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(obsolete) To wind or unwind (something)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1870, John Shairp, Culture and Religion",
          "text": "Not by any power evolved from man's own resources, but by a power which descended from above.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To move in regular procession through a system."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive)",
        "To move in regular procession through a system."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "What began as a few lines of code has now evolved into a million-line behemoth.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To change, to transform."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive)",
        "To change, to transform."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "en:Biology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "How long ago did beaks evolve?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of a trait; to develop within a population through biological evolution."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biology",
          "biology"
        ],
        [
          "trait",
          "trait"
        ],
        [
          "biological",
          "biological#Adjective"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive)",
        "(biology) Of a trait; to develop within a population through biological evolution."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɪˈvɑlv/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪˈvɒlv/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑlv"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒlv"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "napredvam",
      "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
      "word": "напредвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "evoljuíram",
      "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
      "word": "еволюи́рам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
      "word": "progressar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
      "word": "vyvíjet se"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
      "word": "arenema"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
      "word": "kehittyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
      "word": "évoluer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
      "word": "progresser"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
      "word": "andauern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
      "word": "fortdauern"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "baljeonhada",
      "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
      "word": "발전하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
      "word": "ēvolvō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
      "word": "kukuwhata"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
      "word": "evoluir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
      "word": "progredir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
      "word": "crescer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
      "word": "a evolua"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razvivátʹsja",
      "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "развива́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razvítʹsja",
      "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "разви́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "еволуи́рати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "еволви́рати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "evoluírati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "evolvírati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
      "word": "progresar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
      "word": "evolucionar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
      "word": "sumunlad"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozvyvátysja",
      "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "розвива́тися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozvýnutysʹ",
      "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "розви́нутись"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozvýnutysja",
      "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "розви́нутися"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to change, to transform",
      "word": "evolucionar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to change, to transform",
      "word": "muuttua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to change, to transform",
      "word": "kehittyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to change, to transform",
      "word": "verändern"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "preobrazovatʹsja",
      "sense": "to change, to transform",
      "word": "преобразоваться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "preobrazovyvatʹsja",
      "sense": "to change, to transform",
      "word": "преобразовываться"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razvivam se",
      "sense": "come into being; develop",
      "word": "развивам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "come into being; develop",
      "word": "desenvolupar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "come into being; develop",
      "word": "vyvinout"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "come into being; develop",
      "word": "ontwikkelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "come into being; develop",
      "word": "kehittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "come into being; develop",
      "word": "élaborer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ganvitareba",
      "sense": "come into being; develop",
      "word": "განვითარება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "come into being; develop",
      "word": "entwickeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "come into being; develop",
      "word": "whanake"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "come into being; develop",
      "word": "desenvolver"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "come into being; develop",
      "word": "elaborar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razvivátʹsja",
      "sense": "come into being; develop",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "развива́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razvítʹsja",
      "sense": "come into being; develop",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "разви́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "come into being; develop",
      "word": "desarrollar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "change genetic composition",
      "word": "evolucionar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "change genetic composition",
      "word": "evolueren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "change genetic composition",
      "word": "kehittyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "change genetic composition",
      "word": "evolucionar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jinhwahada",
      "sense": "change genetic composition",
      "word": "진화하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "change genetic composition",
      "word": "evolucionar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "change genetic composition",
      "word": "ewoluować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "change genetic composition",
      "word": "evoluir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "change genetic composition",
      "word": "evolucionar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "change genetic composition",
      "word": "evolua"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razvivátʹsja",
      "sense": "change genetic composition",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "развива́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razvítʹsja",
      "sense": "change genetic composition",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "разви́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "evoljucionírovatʹ",
      "sense": "change genetic composition",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "эволюциони́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "change genetic composition",
      "word": "evolucionar"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozvyvátysja",
      "sense": "change genetic composition",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "розвива́тися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozvýnutysʹ",
      "sense": "change genetic composition",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "розви́нутись"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozvyvátysja",
      "sense": "change genetic composition",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "розвива́тися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "evoljucionuváty",
      "sense": "change genetic composition",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "еволюціонува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otdeljam",
      "sense": "to give off (a gas)",
      "word": "отделям"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to give off (a gas)",
      "word": "erittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to give off (a gas)",
      "word": "freisetzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ispuskátʹ",
      "sense": "to give off (a gas)",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "испуска́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ispustítʹ",
      "sense": "to give off (a gas)",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "испусти́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vydeljátʹ",
      "sense": "to give off (a gas)",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "выделя́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výdelitʹ",
      "sense": "to give off (a gas)",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "вы́делить"
    }
  ],
  "word": "evolve"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "evolve",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "e‧vòl‧ve"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian 3-syllable words",
        "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Italian non-lemma forms",
        "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Italian verb forms",
        "Rhymes:Italian/ɔlve",
        "Rhymes:Italian/ɔlve/3 syllables"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "evolvere"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "third-person singular present indicative of evolvere"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "evolvere",
          "evolvere#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈvɔl.ve/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔlve"
    }
  ],
  "word": "evolve"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ēvolve",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "verb form",
        "head": "ēvolve"
      },
      "expansion": "ēvolve",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 3-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin non-lemma forms",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin verb forms"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "ēvolvō"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "second-person singular present active imperative of ēvolvō"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ēvolvō",
          "evolvo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/eːˈu̯ol.u̯e/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[eːˈu̯ɔɫ̪u̯ɛ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈvol.ve/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[eˈvɔlve]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "evolve"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Portuguese non-lemma forms",
    "Portuguese verb forms"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "evolve",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "evolver"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of evolver:\n## third-person singular present indicative\n## second-person singular imperative",
        "third-person singular present indicative"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "evolver",
          "evolver#Portuguese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "inflection of evolver:\n"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "evolver"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of evolver:\n## third-person singular present indicative\n## second-person singular imperative",
        "second-person singular imperative"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "evolver",
          "evolver#Portuguese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "inflection of evolver:\n"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "evolve"
}

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