evolve
To move (something) in regular procession through a system.
Other meanings
To change or transform (something).
To cause (something) to come into being or develop.
Synonyms
- develop
- acquire
Related words
- coevolve
- evolvability
- microevolve
- photoevolve
- reevolve
- evolvingly
- nonevolving
- co-evolve
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "ēvolvō" (unroll, unfold).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “evolve” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.