word-vault/dist/data/cards/ev/evolve.json

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{
    "term": "evolve",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "evolve",
            "heSheIt": "evolves"
        },
        "pastSimple": "evolved",
        "pastParticiple": "evolved",
        "ingForm": "evolving"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to develop gradually, especially from a simple to a more complicated form; to develop something in this way",
            "sensetop": "evolve (from something) (into something)evolve something (from something)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The idea evolved from a drawing I discovered in the attic.",
                    "contextForm": "evolve (from something) (into something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company has evolved into a major chemical manufacturer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Each school must evolve its own way of working.",
                    "contextForm": "evolve something (from something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Online games tend to evolve over time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our products have been evolving according to the requirements of the times."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He evolved his style of painting while working as a magazine illustrator."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The market has evolved considerably in recent years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The protest movement has evolved into a well organized political party."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Veterinary medicine is steadily evolving to meet the demands of pet owners."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["gradually", "slowly", "quickly"],
                "verb + evolve": ["continue to", "tend to"],
                "preposition": ["according to", "from", "into"],
                "phrases": ["fully evolved", "highly evolved"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to develop over time, often many generations, into forms that are better adapted to survive changes in their environment",
            "sensetop": "evolve (from something)evolve something",
            "labels": "(biology)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The three species evolved from a single ancestor.",
                    "contextForm": "evolve (from something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The dolphin has evolved a highly developed jaw.",
                    "contextForm": "evolve something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Africa and its wildlife evolved together."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Monkeys in the New World evolved quite separately from those in the Old World."
                },
                {
                    "text": "More complex animals gradually evolved from these very simple creatures."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These are very highly evolved animals."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Biology"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["gradually", "slowly", "quickly"],
                "verb + evolve": ["continue to", "tend to"],
                "preposition": ["according to", "from", "into"],
                "phrases": ["fully evolved", "highly evolved"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈvɒlv/",
                "audio": "ev/evolve/evolve__gb_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈvɒlvz/",
                "audio": "ev/evolve/evolves__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈvɒlvd/",
                "audio": "ev/evolve/evolved__gb_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈvɒlvɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ev/evolve/evolving__gb_4.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈvɑːlv/",
                "audio": "ev/evolve/evolve__us_5.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈvɑːlvz/",
                "audio": "ev/evolve/evolves__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈvɑːlvd/",
                "audio": "ev/evolve/evolved__us_5.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈvɑːlvɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ev/evolve/evolving__us_8.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 17th cent. (in the general sense ‘make more complex, develop’): from Latin evolvere, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out of’ + volvere ‘to roll’."
}