- 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, floweringDerived 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