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Noun evolution has 2 senses

development, evolution - 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"
--₁ is a kind of process
Antonyms: degeneration, devolution
--₁ has particulars: assibilation; deepening; growth; unfolding, flowering
Derived form: verb evolve₂
evolution, phylogeny, phylogenesis - (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms
--₂ is a kind of organic process, biological process
--₂ has particulars:
anamorphosis, anamorphism; anthropogenesis, anthropogeny; emergent evolution; macroevolution; microevolution; speciation

Derived forms: verb evolve₃, verb evolve₂