evolution

noun

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a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)

the development of his ideas took many years

(biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms

Sense	Relation	Group	Word
1	antonym	Related & opposite	devolution
1	derivation	Related & opposite	evolve
1	derivation	Related & opposite	grow
1	hypernym	Types & categories	physical process
1	hyponym	Types & categories	assibilation
1	hyponym	Types & categories	deepening
1	hyponym	Types & categories	growth
1	hyponym	Types & categories	unfolding
2	derivation	Related & opposite	evolve
2	derivation	Related & opposite	develop
2	derivation	Related & opposite	phylogenetic
2	derivation	Related & opposite	evolutionary
2	domain topic	Related & opposite	biology
2	has domain topic	Related & opposite	Scopes trial
2	hypernym	Types & categories	organic process
2	hyponym	Types & categories	anamorphosis
2	hyponym	Types & categories	anthropogenesis
2	hyponym	Types & categories	emergent evolution
2	hyponym	Types & categories	macroevolution
2	hyponym	Types & categories	microevolution
2	hyponym	Types & categories	speciation