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evolution

Nouns

• (n) 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
  • the evolution of Greek civilization
  • the slow development of her skill as a writer
  development,
• (n) (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms organic evolution, phylogenesis, phylogeny,

Synonyms

development organic evolution phylogenesis phylogeny

Antonyms

degeneration devolution

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