evolution

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noun

1. a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage) (Freq. 5)
- the development of his ideas took many years
- the evolution of Greek civilization
- the slow development of her skill as a writer
• Syn:
development
• Ant:
devolution
• Derivationally related forms:
evolve, develop (for: development)
• Hypernyms:
process, physical process
• Hyponyms:
assibilation, deepening, growth, unfolding, flowering
2. (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms
• Syn:
organic evolution, phylogeny, phylogenesis
• Derivationally related forms:
phylogenetic (for: phylogenesis), evolutionary, evolve
• Topics:
biology, biological science
• Members of this Topic:
Scopes trial
• Hypernyms:
organic process, biological process
• Hyponyms:
anamorphosis, anamorphism, anthropogenesis, anthropogeny, emergent evolution,
macroevolution, microevolution, speciation

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  organic evolution, phylogeny, phylogenesis, development
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  degeneration, devolution