evolution, n.
(evolutions)
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(evolutions)
freq. cnt. 5
a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
<noun.process> freq. cnt.: 51 freq. cnt.: 46 freq. cnt.: 5
development evolution
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"the development of his ideas took many years""the evolution of Greek civilization"
"the slow development of her skill as a writer"
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(biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms
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evolution organic evolution phylogenesis phylogeny
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anamorphosis, anamorphism
anthropogenesis, anthropogeny
emergent evolution
macroevolution
microevolution
speciation
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