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{
"term": "evolution",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the slow steady development of plants, animals, etc. during the history of the earth, as they adapt to changes in their environment",
"labels": "(biology)",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the evolution of the human species"
},
{
"text": "Darwin’s theory of evolution"
},
{
"text": "Finally it was legal to teach evolution everywhere in America."
},
{
"text": "Evolution requires intermediate forms between species."
},
{
"text": "competing theories as to how evolution works"
},
{
"text": "the early evolution of animals"
},
{
"text": "organic evolution by natural selection"
},
{
"text": "the long-term evolution of ecosystems"
}
],
"topics": ["Biology"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["gradual", "slow", "rapid"],
"verb + evolution": ["trace", "drive", "influence"],
"evolution + verb": ["happen", "occur", "proceed"],
"preposition": [
"evolution from… to…",
"evolution of",
"evolution towards/toward"
],
"phrases": ["the theory of evolution"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the slow steady development of something",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "In politics Britain has preferred evolution to revolution *(= slow steady development to sudden violent change)*"
},
{
"text": "cultural trends and evolutions"
},
{
"text": "The movement is undergoing an ideological evolution."
},
{
"text": "a book tracing the evolution of the English language"
},
{
"text": "his evolution from comedian to serious actor"
},
{
"text": "the country's gradual evolution towards democracy"
},
{
"text": "the parallel evolution of science and art"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["gradual", "slow", "rapid"],
"verb + evolution": ["trace", "drive", "influence"],
"evolution + verb": ["happen", "occur", "proceed"],
"preposition": [
"evolution from… to…",
"evolution of",
"evolution towards/toward"
],
"phrases": ["the theory of evolution"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌiːvəˈluːʃn//ˌevəˈluːʃn/",
"audio": "ev/evolution/evolution__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌevəˈluːʃn/",
"audio": "ev/evolution/evolution__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: from Latin evolutio(n-) ‘unrolling’, from the verb evolvere, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out of’ + volvere ‘to roll’. Early senses related to movement, first recorded in describing a “wheeling” manoeuvre in the realignment of troops or ships. Current senses stem from a notion of “opening out”, giving rise to the sense ‘development’."
}