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EVOLVE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Undergo development or evolution

Example:

Modern man evolved a long time ago

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "evolve" is one way to...):

develop (grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "evolve"):

differentiate; specialise; specialize; speciate (evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment)

derive (come from)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

evolution (a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage))

evolution ((biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Gain through experience

Example:

develop a passion for painting

Synonyms:

acquire; develop; evolve

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "evolve" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Verb group:

acquire; develop; get; grow; produce (come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes))

develop (elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme)

develop; explicate; formulate (elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses)

develop (generate gradually)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

evolution ((biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Work out

Example:

We have developed a new theory of evolution

Synonyms:

develop; evolve; germinate

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "evolve" is one way to...):

create by mental act; create mentally (create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands)

Verb group:

develop (make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

Did he evolve his major works over a short period of time?

Credits

 Context examples: 

Some viruses have evolved mechanisms to inactivate PKR to promote successful infection.

(dsRNA Induction Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Structures that have evolved from embryonic development of the neural tube.

(Ependyma and Remnants of the Central Canal of the Spinal Cord, NCI Thesaurus)

It usually presents in a nodular (follicular) pattern, but may evolve into a diffuse pattern.

(Mixed Cell Lymphoma, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The current paradigm suggests that the heart adapts to excess of hemodynamic loading by compensatory hypertrophy, which under condition of persistent stress, over time evolves into dysfunction and myocardial failure.

(NFAT Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

A pathologic process that arises from the pancreas and has the potential to evolve into a malignant neoplasm.

(Pancreatic Precancerous Condition, NCI Thesaurus)

A chromosomal translocation t(12;17)(p13;p12-p13) of this gene and the ETV6 gene was observed in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia evolving from a chronic myelomonocytic leukemia.

(PER1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The metric system evolved into the International System of Units (Systeme International d'Unites, SI).

(Metric System, NCI Thesaurus)

Instead shuttle mechanisms have evolved to move the energy of reduced NADH across the membrane in the form of other reduced molecules.

(Malate-Aspartate Shuttle Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

A hypersensitivity reaction characterized by the sudden appearance of symmetrical cutaneous and mucocutaneous macular or papular lesions which evolve into lesions with bright red borders (target lesions).

(Erythema Multiforme, NCI Thesaurus)

This fusion was described in one patient with acute myeloid leukemia evolving from chronic myelomonocytic leukemia.

(ETV6/PER1 Fusion Gene, NCI Thesaurus)