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 →

2) The slow change and development of anything: the evolution of phones. tree →

sense in the lessons

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

examples

• Darwin studied the evolution of finches. tree →
• Evolution explains how whales came from land animals. tree →
• The evolution of cars has been fast. tree →
• Fossils show evolution over time. tree →
• Many Christians believe God works through evolution. tree →
• The theory of evolution was put forward by Charles Darwin. tree →

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.
• Mutations are the raw material of evolution.
• Evolution is supported by fossils, by DNA and by changes we can watch happening today.
• Many Christians accept the Big Bang and evolution and see God behind them; some Christians do not (disputed).

Trees and pragmatics

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