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# evolution

«evolution» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **how living things change over a very long time, from one…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (evolution, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Evolution is how living things change over a very long time, from one generation to the next. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/evolution/#m1)

2) The slow change and development of anything: the evolution of phones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/evolution/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here it means an unfolding or working out of numbers step by step, not the change of living things. In the primary lessons: Science lessons (evolution of animals, Darwin), technology, history.

### examples

- By the science of the Sepher Jezirah the human spirit is fixed to truth, and in reason, and is able to take account of the possible development of intelligence by the evolutions of numbers. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/evolution/#x1)
- Darwin studied the evolution of finches. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/evolution/#x2)
- Evolution explains how whales came from land animals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/evolution/#x3)
- The evolution of cars has been fast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/evolution/#x4)
- Fossils show evolution over time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/evolution/#x5)
- Many Christians believe God works through evolution. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/evolution/#x6)
- The theory of evolution was put forward by Charles Darwin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/evolution/#x7)

### note

Verb: evolve. Not the same as one animal changing in its life.

### In the corpora

- [Darwin visited the Galápagos on the Beagle in 1835, and the differences between islands helped him explain evolution in his book of 1859.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/180-the-galapagos-giant-tortoises-sea-iguanas-darwins-finches-and-tame-sea-lions/13/)
- [Mutations are the raw material of evolution.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/277-dna-simply-the-recipe-in-every-cell/14/)
- [Evolution is supported by fossils, by DNA and by changes we can watch happening today.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/280-evolution-myths-put-right-monkeys-the-strongest-and-missing-links/9/)
- [Many Christians accept the Big Bang and evolution and see God behind them; some Christians do not (disputed).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/1-creation-god-the-maker/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «evolution» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/evolution/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.