"evolve" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ɪˈvɑlv/ [General-American], /ɪˈvɒlv/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-evolve.wav Forms: evolves [present, singular, third-person], evolving [participle, present], evolved [participle, past], evolved [past]
Rhymes: -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”) 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 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 1 27 24 13 10 4 4 1 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 2 32 23 13 10 3 4 2 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 1 1 12 8 8 6 1 2 1 5 22 12 18 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 4 2 28 17 16 10 3 5 2 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 3 2 29 17 17 11 3 4 2 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 2 2 28 16 20 10 3 3 2 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 4 3 25 15 16 12 4 5 3 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 3 2 28 17 17 12 3 4 2 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 3 2 29 17 17 11 3 4 2 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 3 2 31 19 16 10 3 3 2 12 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 4 3 27 17 15 11 4 5 3 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 3 2 29 17 17 11 3 4 2 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 3 2 28 16 17 12 3 4 2 12 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 3 2 29 16 17 11 3 4 2 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 3 2 29 17 17 11 3 4 2 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 3 2 28 17 17 12 3 4 2 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 3 2 29 17 17 11 3 4 2 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 3 2 29 16 17 11 3 4 2 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 3 3 26 17 17 11 4 5 3 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 2 2 27 18 16 11 3 3 2 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 3 2 29 17 17 11 3 4 2 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 3 2 28 17 17 12 3 4 2 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 3 2 29 17 17 11 3 4 2 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 3 3 25 17 18 13 3 4 3 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 3 2 29 17 17 11 3 4 2 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 3 2 29 17 17 11 3 4 2 13 Disambiguation of 'come into being; develop': 1 0 57 16 3 5 2 4 0 11
  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 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 1 27 24 13 10 4 4 1 13 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 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 1 27 24 13 10 4 4 1 13 Topics: biology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'change genetic composition': 4 5 4 6 54 5 4 4 8 6
  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: 3 1 27 24 13 10 4 4 1 13 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'to give off (a gas)': 1 0 4 2 4 83 2 4 0 1
  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': 15 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2
  9. (intransitive)
    To change, to transform.
    Tags: intransitive Translations (to change, to transform): evolucionar (Catalan), evolui (Esperanto), 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 0 5 0 0 0 83 0
  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 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 1 27 24 13 10 4 4 1 13 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: co-evolve Related terms: evolute, evolution, evolutive, evolvable, evolvement, evolver

Inflected forms

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          "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.",
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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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          "text": "[…]I ask you, rather, to evolve a suitable plan with due deliberation and report it to me.\"¹⁴",
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          "text": "A hundred thousand years from now, will Homo sapiens have evolved into beings unrecognizable to their ancestors?",
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          "ref": "1859 November 24, Charles Darwin, “Recapitulation and Conclusion”, in On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 490:",
          "text": "There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.",
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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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          "composition"
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        "(chiefly passive voice) To cause (a population, a species, etc.) to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution."
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 4 6 54 5 4 4 8 6",
          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "change genetic composition",
          "word": "evolucionar"
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          "sense": "change genetic composition",
          "word": "evolueren"
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          "_dis1": "4 5 4 6 54 5 4 4 8 6",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "change genetic composition",
          "word": "kehittyä"
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          "word": "evolucionar"
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          "_dis1": "4 5 4 6 54 5 4 4 8 6",
          "code": "ko",
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          "sense": "change genetic composition",
          "word": "진화하다"
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          "sense": "change genetic composition",
          "word": "evolucionar"
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          "_dis1": "4 5 4 6 54 5 4 4 8 6",
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          "sense": "change genetic composition",
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "change genetic composition",
          "word": "evoluir"
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          "sense": "change genetic composition",
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          "roman": "razvivátʹsja",
          "sense": "change genetic composition",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "развива́ться"
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 4 6 54 5 4 4 8 6",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "razvítʹsja",
          "sense": "change genetic composition",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
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          "word": "разви́ться"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 5 4 6 54 5 4 4 8 6",
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          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "change genetic composition",
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          "word": "эволюциони́ровать"
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          "_dis1": "4 5 4 6 54 5 4 4 8 6",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rozvyvátysja",
          "sense": "change genetic composition",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "розвива́тися"
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          "roman": "rozvýnutysʹ",
          "sense": "change genetic composition",
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          "word": "розви́нутись"
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          "roman": "rozvyvátysja",
          "sense": "change genetic composition",
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          "roman": "evoljucionuváty",
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          "word": "еволюціонува́ти"
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          "text": "to evolve odours",
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          "_dis1": "1 0 4 2 4 83 2 4 0 1",
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          "roman": "otdeljam",
          "sense": "to give off (a gas)",
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          "_dis1": "1 0 4 2 4 83 2 4 0 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to give off (a gas)",
          "word": "erittää"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 0 4 2 4 83 2 4 0 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to give off (a gas)",
          "word": "freisetzen"
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          "_dis1": "1 0 4 2 4 83 2 4 0 1",
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "ispuskátʹ",
          "sense": "to give off (a gas)",
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            "imperfective"
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          "word": "испуска́ть"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 0 4 2 4 83 2 4 0 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ispustítʹ",
          "sense": "to give off (a gas)",
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          "word": "испусти́ть"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 0 4 2 4 83 2 4 0 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vydeljátʹ",
          "sense": "to give off (a gas)",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "выделя́ть"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "výdelitʹ",
          "sense": "to give off (a gas)",
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          "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— […]",
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        {
          "ref": "1840, William Whewell, “Of Art and Science”, in The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences, Founded upon Their History. […], volume II, London: John W[illiam] Parker, […]; Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: J. and J. J. Deighton, →OCLC, part II (Of Knowledge), book XI (Of the Construction of Science), paragraph 6, page 275:",
          "text": "[T]he principles which Art involves, Science alone evolves.",
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        {
          "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.",
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        "To move in regular procession through a system."
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        {
          "_dis1": "15 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": "15 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": "15 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
          "word": "progressar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
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          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
          "word": "arenema"
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        {
          "_dis1": "15 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
          "word": "kehittyä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
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        {
          "_dis1": "15 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
          "word": "progresser"
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        {
          "_dis1": "15 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
          "word": "andauern"
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        {
          "_dis1": "15 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
          "word": "fortdauern"
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        {
          "_dis1": "15 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
          "code": "ko",
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          "roman": "baljeonhada",
          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
          "word": "발전하다"
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          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
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          "_dis1": "15 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
          "word": "kukuwhata"
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        {
          "_dis1": "15 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
          "word": "evoluir"
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          "_dis1": "15 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
          "word": "progredir"
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        {
          "_dis1": "15 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
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          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
          "word": "crescer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
          "word": "a evolua"
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        {
          "_dis1": "15 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "razvivátʹsja",
          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "развива́ться"
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        {
          "_dis1": "15 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "razvítʹsja",
          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
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            "perfective"
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          "word": "разви́ться"
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          "_dis1": "15 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
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          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
          "tags": [
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        {
          "_dis1": "15 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
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        {
          "_dis1": "15 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
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            "perfective"
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          "_dis1": "15 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
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          "_dis1": "15 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
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          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
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          "_dis1": "15 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
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          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
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          "_dis1": "15 0 3 2 3 3 1 71 0 2",
          "code": "tl",
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          "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
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        {
          "_dis1": "15 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"
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          "word": "розвива́тися"
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        {
          "_dis1": "15 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"
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          "word": "розви́нутись"
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        {
          "_dis1": "15 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"
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        {
          "text": "What began as a few lines of code has now evolved into a million-line behemoth.",
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        "To change, to transform."
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 12 0 0 5 0 0 0 83 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to change, to transform",
          "word": "evolucionar"
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          "_dis1": "0 12 0 0 5 0 0 0 83 0",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to change, to transform",
          "word": "evolui"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 12 0 0 5 0 0 0 83 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to change, to transform",
          "word": "muuttua"
        },
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          "_dis1": "0 12 0 0 5 0 0 0 83 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to change, to transform",
          "word": "kehittyä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 12 0 0 5 0 0 0 83 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to change, to transform",
          "word": "verändern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 12 0 0 5 0 0 0 83 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "preobrazovatʹsja",
          "sense": "to change, to transform",
          "word": "преобразоваться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 12 0 0 5 0 0 0 83 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "preobrazovyvatʹsja",
          "sense": "to change, to transform",
          "word": "преобразовываться"
        }
      ]
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Biology",
          "orig": "en:Biology",
          "parents": [
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            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "text": "How long ago did beaks evolve?",
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        "(intransitive)",
        "(biology) Of a trait; to develop within a population through biological evolution."
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      "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
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      "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
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      "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
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      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "baljeonhada",
      "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
      "word": "발전하다"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
      "word": "kukuwhata"
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      "sense": "move in regular procession through a system",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "word": "a evolua"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "განვითარება"
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      "code": "de",
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      "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"
}

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