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Grammar : Verb
Spell : ih-volv
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈvɒlv



Definition of evolving

Origin :
  • 1640s, "to unfold, open out, expand," from Latin evolvere "to unroll," especially of books; figuratively "to make clear, disclose; to produce, develop," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + volvere "to roll" (see volvox). Meaning "to develop by natural processes to a higher state" is from 1832. Related: Evolved; evolving.
  • verb develop, progress
Example sentences :
  • Nature has provided for this by evolving the instinct of docility.
  • Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw
  • We are evolving, in ways that Science cannot measure, to ends that Theology dares not contemplate.
  • Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
  • The State indeed was dissolving, but the individual was evolving.
  • Extract from : « The Task of Social Hygiene » by Havelock Ellis
  • It is an evolving conception in a constantly changing universe.
  • Extract from : « The Necessity of Atheism » by Dr. D.M. Brooks
  • If this earth is evolving for the better, the past is still vivid in all its cruelty.
  • Extract from : « The Necessity of Atheism » by Dr. D.M. Brooks
  • The evolving once more of the great spontaneous gestures of life.
  • Extract from : « Fantasia of the Unconscious » by D. H. Lawrence
  • Are new species now evolving, as they have been from time to time evolved?
  • Extract from : « On the Genesis of Species » by St. George Mivart
  • For these children are evolving from the stage where they need “Here and Now” stories.
  • Extract from : « Here and Now Story Book » by Lucy Sprague Mitchell
  • And so the marvels of Nature go on evolving,—wheels within wheels.
  • Extract from : « The Log of the Sun » by William Beebe
  • But she struck out boldly with the scheme that she had been evolving.
  • Extract from : « That Fortune » by Charles Dudley Warner

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