Evolve - English meaning

verb

Make (something) suitable for a new use or purpose; modify.

Usage examples:

Hospitals have had to be adapted for modern medical practice

verb

Make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose

verb

To adjust to different conditions or uses, or to change to meet different situations

verb

Move forwards in a purposeful way.

Usage examples:

He advanced towards the dispatch box

noun

A forward movement.

Usage examples:

The rebels' advance on madrid was well under way

adjective

Done, sent, or supplied beforehand.

Usage examples:

Advance notice

verb

Change in character or composition, typically in a comparatively small but significant way.

Usage examples:

Eliot was persuaded to alter the passage

verb

To change a characteristic, often slightly, or to cause this to happen

Usage examples:

[ t ] the coat was too long, so i took it back to the store to have it altered., some things in lif…

verb

To change the appearance, character, or structure of something, or to be changed in this way

Usage examples:

Just last week, the company agreed to alter some of its business practices., if they want to contin…

verb

Make (someone or something) different; alter or modify.

Usage examples:

Both parties voted against proposals to change the law

noun

An act or process through which something becomes different.

Usage examples:

The change from a nomadic to an agricultural society

verb

Grow or cause to grow and become more mature, advanced, or elaborate.

Usage examples:

Motion pictures were to develop into mass entertainment

verb

Progress or evolve through a process of natural growth

verb

To grow or cause to grow or change into a more advanced form

Usage examples:

[ t ] this exercise will help develop the shoulder and back muscles (= it will make them stronger).…

verb

Recognize or ascertain what makes (someone or something) different.

Usage examples:

Children can differentiate the past from the present

verb

To show or find the difference between one thing and another, or between things that are compared

Usage examples:

[ t ] what differentiates wheat from other crops is that it is almost exclusively used as a food pr…

verb

To show how a product or company is different from other similar ones and what its advantages are, especially in order to attract a particular group of consumers

Usage examples:

Differentiate sth from sth the company wanted a website that would differentiate them from their co…

verb

Tell (someone) officially that they can or must leave a place or situation.

Usage examples:

They stressed that staff would not be actively discharging anyone and no programme was in place to …

noun

The action of discharging someone from a hospital or from the armed forces or police.

Usage examples:

Referrals can be discussed before discharge from hospital

verb

To allow someone to leave

Usage examples:

Allen was discharged from the hospital yesterday., [ i ] the soapy water from the washing machine w…

verb

Produce and discharge (something, especially gas or radiation).

Usage examples:

Even the best cars emit carbon dioxide

Give off, send forth, or discharge

verb

Make or become larger or more extensive.

Usage examples:

They have renovated and enlarged the four-storey building

verb

To become larger, or to cause something to become larger

Usage examples:

The city council voted to enlarge the park., he suffers from an enlarged heart.

verb

To become bigger, or to make something bigger

Usage examples:

The inclusion of customs receipts will enlarge the available pool of money., enlarged business/comp…

verb

Become or make larger or more extensive.

Usage examples:

Their business expanded into other hotels

verb

Extend in one or more directions

verb

To increase something in size, number, or importance

Usage examples:

[ i ] the air in the balloon expands when heated., [ t ] they expanded their number of stores signi…

verb

Cause to cover a wider area; make larger.

Usage examples:

The car park has been extended

verb

Stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope

verb

To reach, continue, or stretch

Usage examples:

[ i ] farmland extends for miles in every direction., [ i ] the meeting extended into the late hour…

verb

(of a living thing) undergo natural development by increasing in size and changing physically.

Usage examples:

He would watch nick grow to manhood

verb

Increase in size by natural process

adjective

Fully developed physically; full-grown.

Usage examples:

She was now a mature woman

verb

(of a person or thing) become fully grown or developed.

Usage examples:

Children mature at different ages

verb

To become completely grown

Usage examples:

Humans take longer to mature than most other animals., [ i ] when you are the oldest child of a lar…

verb

(of an insect or amphibian) undergo metamorphosis, especially into the adult form.

Usage examples:

Feed the larvae to your fish before they metamorphose into adults

verb

To change into a completely different form or type

Usage examples:

The awkward boy i knew had metamorphosed into a tall, confident man.

verb

Make or manufacture from components or raw materials.

Usage examples:

The company have just produced a luxury version of the aircraft

noun

Agricultural and other natural products collectively.

Usage examples:

Dairy produce

verb

Bring forth or yield

noun

Forward or onward movement towards a destination.

Usage examples:

The darkness did not stop my progress

verb

Move forward or onward in space or time.

Usage examples:

As the century progressed the quality of telescopes improved

noun

Movement toward an improved or more developed state, or to a forward position

Usage examples:

The talks failed to make any progress toward a settlement., the construction work is already in pro…

verb

Allow or enable to escape from confinement; set free.

Usage examples:

An official confirmed the prisoners would be released

noun

The action or process of releasing or being released.

Usage examples:

A campaign by the prisoner's mother resulted in his release

verb

Open out (something) so as to extend its surface area, width, or length.

Usage examples:

I spread a towel on the sand and sat down

noun

The fact or process of spreading over an area.

Usage examples:

Warmer temperatures could help reduce the spread of the disease

verb

Distribute or disperse widely

verb

Make a marked change in the form, nature, or appearance of.

Usage examples:

Lasers have transformed cardiac surgery

noun

The product of a transformation.

Usage examples:

In the bottom portion of the figure, the logarithmic transform of power is presented.

verb

To change completely the appearance or character of something or someone

Usage examples:

Computers have transformed the way work is done., salinas dramatically transformed the country’s ec…

verb

Open or spread out from a folded position.

Usage examples:

He unfolded the map and laid it out on the table

verb

Extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length

verb

(of a situation or story) to develop or become clear

Usage examples:

Events unfolded in a way that no one could have predicted., she took the old wedding dress out and …

verb

Open or cause to open out from a rolled-up state.

Usage examples:

The blanket unrolled as he tugged it

verb

To open and become flat from a rolled position, or to cause something to do this

Usage examples:

[ t ] she unrolled a bolt of silk for us to look at.

verb

Produce or provide (a natural, agricultural, or industrial product).

Usage examples:

The land yields grapes and tobacco

noun

An amount produced of an agricultural or industrial product.

Usage examples:

The milk yield was poor

verb

Give or supply