"evolutionary" meaning in English

See evolutionary in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˌiː.vəˈl(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 , En-us-evolutionary.ogg
Etymology: From evolution + -ary. Etymology templates: {{suf|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
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  2. Having formal similarities to the biological theory of evolution. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Evolutionary theory
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Biology Synonyms: evolutional Translations (of or relating to evolution): էվոլյուցիոն (ēvolyucʻion) (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)
Disambiguation of Biology: 0 0 Derived forms: antievolutionary, anti-evolutionary, co-evolutionary, coevolutionary, eco-evolutionary, ecoevolutionary, 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 cladist, evolutionary cladistics, evolutionary convergence, evolutionary creation, 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 systematics, evolutionary systematist, evolutionary taxonomist, evolutionary taxonomy, evolutionary theoretician, evolutionary theorist, evolutionary theory, evolutionary time, evolutionary timeline, evolutionary trap, evolutionary tree, evolutionary worldview, macroevolutionary, macro-evolutionary, microevolutionary, micro-evolutionary, non-evolutionary, nonevolutionary, postevolutionary, post-evolutionary, preevolutionary, pre-evolutionary, pro-evolutionary, proevolutionary, proto-evolutionary, protoevolutionary, pseudoevolutionary, pseudo-evolutionary, socioevolutionary, socio-evolutionary Disambiguation of 'of or relating to evolution': 50 50
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}

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