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volve
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "evolve"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to develop from a simple form to a more complex or sophisticated one over an extended period
Intransitive
to evolve definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Language tends to evolve over time, with new words and expressions emerging.
āĻ­āĻžāώāĻž āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻŖāϤāĻž āϰāĻžāϖ⧇, āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āωāĻĻā§āĻ­āĻŦ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

(biology) to change gradually and over generations into forms that are better adapted to the environment and fitter to survive
Intransitive
to evolve definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In response to changing food availability, the beak shapes of finches on the GalÃĄpagos Islands have evolved.
āĻ–āĻžāĻĻā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĒā§āϝāϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āĻ—ā§āϝāĻžāϞāĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻ—ā§‹āϏ āĻĻā§āĻŦā§€āĻĒāĻĒ⧁āĻžā§āĻœā§‡ āĻĢāĻŋāĻžā§āĻšā§‡āϰ āĻ ā§‹āρāĻŸā§‡āϰ āφāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to undergo genetic changes that result in the acquisition or development of new traits
Transitive: to evolve new traits
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Fish species evolved specialized gills to extract oxygen from water, allowing them to inhabit aquatic environments.
āĻŽāĻžāϛ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϜāĻžāϤāĻŋāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϜāϞ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ, āϜāϞ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻ•ā§āϏāĻŋāĻœā§‡āύ āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāĻļāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻ—āĻŋāϞ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āϰ āφāĻŦāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āϏāĻšāϜāϤāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to facilitate the development or emergence of something
Transitive: to evolve sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company 's marketing department conducted market research to evolve a new advertising campaign.
āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇āϟāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻĒā§āϰāϚāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāϰ āĻ—āĻŦ⧇āώāĻŖāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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