| NOUN | process | evolution, development | a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage / stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage) |
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| process | evolution, organic evolution, phylogeny, phylogenesis | (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms |
| Sounds | eh.vahluw'shahn; eh.vowluw'shahn; iy.vahluw'shahn; iy.vowluw'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | A process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage / stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage). | |
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| Example | "the evolution of Greek civilization" | |
| Synonym | development | |
| Narrower | assibilation | The development of a consonant phoneme into a sibilant |
| deepening | A process of becoming deeper and more profound | |
| growth | A progression from simpler to more complex forms | |
| unfolding, flowering | A developmental process | |
| Broader | process, physical process | A sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states |
| Opposite | degeneration, devolution | The process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality |
| Spanish | desarrollo, evolución | |
| Catalan | desenvolupament, evolució | |
| Verbs | evolve | undergo development or evolution / evolution |
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