evolution
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
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
Types & categories
- physical process hypernym
- assibilation hyponym
- deepening hyponym
- growth hyponym
- unfolding hyponym
Related & opposite
- devolution antonym
- evolve derivation
- grow derivation
Sense 2 noun
(biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms
Types & categories
- organic process hypernym
- anamorphosis hyponym
- anthropogenesis hyponym
- emergent evolution hyponym
- macroevolution hyponym
- microevolution hyponym
- speciation hyponym
Related & opposite
- evolve derivation
- develop derivation
- phylogenetic derivation
- evolutionary derivation
- biology domain topic
- Scopes trial has domain topic
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| 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 |