evolutionnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌiː.vəˈluː.ʃən//ˌev.əˈluː.ʃən/us/ˌiː.vəˈluː.ʃən//ˌev.əˈluː.ʃən/B2 the way in which living things change and develop over millions of years:
Darwin's theory of evolution
B2 a gradual process of change and development:
the evolution of language
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- Religious traditionalists objected to theories of evolution being taught in schools.
- We watched a documentary about the story of human evolution over the last three million years.
- The new telescope has helped us to understand more about the evolution of the universe.
- This product was an extremely significant step in the evolution of computer games.
- Natural selection is seen as the force which directs the course of evolution by preserving those traits best adapted to survive.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Making progress and advancing
- a step forward idiom
- advance
- advancement
- ahead
- be cooking idiom
- betterment
- develop
- graduate
- grow
- grow into sb/sth
- grow out of sth
- have come a long way idiom
- headway
- rise
- shape
- speciation
- spread your wings idiom
- steer a course/path idiom
- step
- streak ahead
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