devolve

«devolve» in Mova's school dictionary: to pass a duty, power or job on to another person, often… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (devolve, devolves, devolved, devolving) (formal)

meaning for a pupil

To devolve is to pass a duty, power or job on to another person, often because the first person is no longer able to do it. tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories a command or responsibility moves from an old leader to a younger one.

examples

• The duty of guarding the gate devolved on the youngest guard. tree →
• When the king grew old, rule devolved upon his son. tree →
• The task devolved to me after the captain fell ill. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «devolve» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.