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# evolution

«evolution» in Mova's school 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/school/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/school/E/evolution/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Science lessons (evolution of animals, Darwin), technology, history.

### examples

- Darwin studied the evolution of finches. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evolution/#x1)
- Evolution explains how whales came from land animals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evolution/#x2)
- The evolution of cars has been fast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evolution/#x3)
- Fossils show evolution over time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evolution/#x4)
- Many Christians believe God works through evolution. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evolution/#x5)
- The theory of evolution was put forward by Charles Darwin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evolution/#x6)

### 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/school/E/evolution/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.