evolve

Verb

Meaning

To unfold or unroll; to open and expand; to disentangle and exhibit clearly and satisfactorily; to develop; to derive; to educe.

To throw out; to emit; as, to evolve odors.

To become open, disclosed, or developed; to pass through a process of evolution.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

develop change improve grow progress advance mature acquire emerge adapt refine germinate unfold transform metamorphose
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Antonyms

hall muller harden wrack end fall
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Hypernyms

change develop create by mental act create mentally

Hyponyms

derive differentiate specialize specialise speciate

Related terms

evolution evolvement evolute evolver evolutive evolvable

Phrases with the word

evolve into evolve a theory

Derivatives

evolved evolving

Examples

Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good and evil which is independent of heaven and hell. George Orwell

The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be. Oprah Winfrey

Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love. Martin Luther King Jr.

The perfect detective story cannot be written. The type of mind which can evolve the perfect problem is not the type of mind that can produce an artistic job of writing. Raymond Chandler

There are many teachers who could ruin you. Before you know it you could be a pale copy of this teacher or that teacher. You have to evolve on your own. Berenice Abbott

We stand then for freedom, because we claim the right to develop our own individuality and evolve our own destiny along our own lines, unembarrassed by what Western civilisation has to teach us and unhampered by the institutions which the West has imposed. Chittaranjan Das

Close letter words and terms

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