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verb
- undergo development or evolution
- work out
- gain through experience
- To move in regular procession through a system.
- (chemistry) To give off (a gas such as carbon dioxide or oxygen) during a chemical reaction.
- To change, to transform.
- To move (something) in regular procession through a system.
- To change or transform (something).
- Of a population: to acquire or develop (a trait) in the process of biological evolution.
- (biology) Of a trait; to develop within a population through biological evolution.
- (chiefly passive voice) To cause (a population, a species, etc.) to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution.
- To cause (something) to come into being or develop.
noun
- Development, increase, evolution.
- (mathematics) A sequence obtained by adding or multiplying each term by a constant.
- The act of moving from one thing to another.
- (music, countable) A chord progression.
- The act of moving forward or proceeding in a course; motion onward.
- (exercise) The process of making an exercise more strenuous by manipulating the details of its performance like loaded weight, range of motion, angle, speed.
- a movement forward
- the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)
- a series with a definite pattern of advance
noun
- (biology) The belief that evolution proceeds at a steady pace, without the sudden development of new species or biological features from one generation to the next.
- (transferred sense) The belief that some phenomenon occurs gradually over a long period of time.
- (politics) The belief that change ought to be brought about in small, discrete increments rather than in abrupt strokes such as revolutions or uprisings.
adj
- Developing in a gradual or natural fashion.
- (physiology, medicine) Pertaining to an organ of the body of a living organism.
- Harmonious; coherent; structured.
- (agriculture) Of food or food products, grown in an environment free from artificial agrichemicals, and possibly certified by a regulatory body.
- (military) Of a military unit or formation, or its elements, belonging to a permanent organization (in contrast to being temporarily attached).
- (sociology) Describing a form of social solidarity theorized by Emile Durkheim that is characterized by voluntary engagements in complex interdependencies for mutual benefit (such as business agreements), rather than mechanical solidarity, which depends on ascribed relations between people (as in a family or tribe).
- Instrumental; acting as instruments of nature or of art to a certain destined function or end.
- (chemistry) Relating to the compounds of carbon, relating to natural products.
- (biology) Pertaining to or derived from living organisms.
- (Internet, marketing, of search results) Generated according to the ranking algorithms of a search engine, as opposed to deliberate promotional techniques e.g. by advertisers.
- constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup)
- of or relating to foodstuff grown or raised without synthetic fertilizers or pesticides or hormones
- simple and healthful and close to nature
- involving or affecting physiology or bodily organs
- relating or belonging to the class of chemical compounds having a carbon basis
- being or relating to or derived from or having properties characteristic of living organisms
noun
noun
noun
- a natural consequence of development
- a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
- a division of some larger or more complex organization
- any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
- a stream or river connected to a larger one
- a part of a forked or branching shape
- (graph theory) A path of vertices of degree 2, ending at vertices whose degree is not 2.
- An area in business or of knowledge, research.
- (nautical) A certificate given by Trinity House to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a ship in British waters.
- (computing) A sequence of code that is conditionally executed.
- The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
- A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line.
- A location of an organization with several locations.
- (chiefly Southern US) A creek or stream which flows into a larger river.
- Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.
- (computing) A group of related files in a source control system, including for example source code, build scripts, and media such as images.
- (Mormonism) A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see Wikipedia article on ward in LDS church.
- (geometry) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.
- (rail transport) A branch line.
verb
- grow and send out branches or branch-like structures
- divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
- (intransitive) To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.
- (transitive, colloquial) To discipline (a union member) at a branch meeting.
- (intransitive, computing) To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement.
- (transitive) To strip of branches.
- (ambitransitive) To (cause to) divide into separate parts or subdivisions.
- (intransitive) To produce branches.
noun
- a natural consequence of development
- the time at which something is supposed to begin
- a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
- structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly
- a compensating equivalent
- a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper
- (architecture) A terrace on a hillside.
- An abrupt bend in an object, such as a rod, by which one part is turned aside out of line, but nearly parallel, with the rest; the part thus bent aside.
- (surveying) A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object.
- The distance by which one thing is out of alignment with another.
- (botany) A short prostrate shoot that takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc.
- (programming) The difference between a target memory address and a base address.
- (c. 1555) A time at which something begins; outset.
- (international trade) A form of countertrade arrangement, in which the seller agrees to purchase within a set time frame products of a certain value from the buying country. This kind of agreement may be used in large international public sector contracts such as arms sales.
- A spur from a range of hills or mountains.
- (signal analysis) The displacement between the base level of a measurement and the signal's real base level.
- (architecture) A horizontal ledge on the face of a wall, formed by a diminution of its thickness, or by the weathering or upper surface of a part built out from it; a set-off.
- Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.
- (printing, often attributive) The offset printing process, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket and from there to the printing surface.
verb
- make up for
- create an offset in
- cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface
- compensate for or counterbalance
- produce by offset printing
- (transitive) To counteract or compensate for, by applying a change in the opposite direction.
- (transitive) To place out of line.
- (transitive) To form an offset in (a wall, rod, pipe, etc.).
adj
adv
noun
- A theory of evolution, holding that evolutionary change tends to be characterized by long periods of stability, or equilibrium, punctuated by episodes of very fast development.
- a theory of evolution holding that evolutionary change in the fossil record came in fits and starts rather than in a steady process of slow change
verb
- grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment
- superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry
- make visible by means of chemical solutions
- change the use of and make available or usable
- work out
- come into existence; take on form or shape
- cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development
- elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
- grow emotionally or mature
- create by training and teaching
- make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation
- become technologically advanced
- expand in the form of a series
- happen
- be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest
- move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions
- gain through experience
- generate gradually
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
- elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme
- move into a strategically more advantageous position
- (transitive) To create.
- (mathematics) To change the form of (an algebraic expression, etc.) by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value.
- (intransitive) To change with a specific direction, progress.
- (transitive) To acquire something usually over a period of time.
- (ambitransitive) To progress through a sequence of stages.
- (snooker, pool) To cause a ball to become more open and available to be played on later. Usually by moving it away from the cushion, or by opening a pack.
- (transitive) To bring out images latent in photographic film.
- (transitive) To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
- (chess, transitive) To place one's pieces actively.
adj
- (biology) Occurring in or characteristic of an early stage of development or evolution.
- Relating to an art style characterized by asymmetrical shapes and faded colors.
- Crude, obsolete.
- (mathematics) Not derived from another of the same type
- (grammar) Original; primary; radical; not derived.
- Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first.
- Of or pertaining to or harking back to a former time; old-fashioned; characterized by simplicity.
- used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies
- little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
- of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style
- belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
noun
- (linguistics) An original or primary word; a word not derived from another, as opposed to derivative.
- A simple-minded person.
- (mathematics) A function whose derivative is a given function; an antiderivative.
- Primitive or primeval nature; the innate, instinctive element within a person; the deep, instinctive, precultural layer of human nature.
- Natural or premodern environment or conditions; life lacking modern technology and society.
- A member of a primitive society.
- (programming) A data type that is built into the programming language, as opposed to more complex structures.
- (programming) Any of the simplest elements (instructions, statements, etc.) available in a programming language.
- A basic geometric shape from which more complex shapes can be constructed.
- a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
- a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
- a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms
noun
- the evolution of one type of organism from another by a long series of gradual changes
- metamorphism that occurs deep under the earth's surface; changes simple minerals into complex minerals
- a distorted projection or perspective; especially an image distorted in such a way that it becomes visible only when viewed in a special manner
- (functional programming) A generalization of the list-producing unfolds known from functional programming to arbitrary abstract data types that can be described as final coalgebras.
noun
- the evolution of one type of organism from another by a long series of gradual changes
- a distorted projection or perspective; especially an image distorted in such a way that it becomes visible only when viewed in a special manner
- The use of this kind of image distortion.
- A distorted image of an object that may be viewed correctly from a specific angle or with a specific mirror.
- (mycology, lichenology) An abnormal form of some lichens or fungi that gives the appearance of a different species.
- (biology) A form of limited metamorphosis in some arthropods.
noun
- (countable) Any of several theories that explain the evolution of systems or organisms.
- (uncountable) The advocacy of Darwinian evolution by natural selection (Darwinism).
- (uncountable) The belief in the universal presence of evolution.
- (biology) a scientific theory of the origin of species of plants and animals
noun
- (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms
- a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
- A process of gradual change in a given system, subject, product etc., especially from simpler to more complex forms.
- (geometry) The opening out of a curve; now more generally, the gradual transformation of a curve by a change of the conditions generating it.
- (military) A manoeuvre of troops or ships.
- Development; the act or result of developing what was implicit in an idea, argument etc.
- (mathematics, now chiefly historical) The extraction of a root from a given power.
- (biology) The transformation of animals, plants and other living things into different forms (now understood as a change in genetic composition) by the accumulation of changes over successive generations.
- (chemistry) The act or an instance of giving off gas; emission.
- (chiefly dance, sports) A turning movement, especially of the body.
noun
- (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms
- The historical development of any thing, idea, etc.
- (systematics) The evolutionary history of groups of organisms, such as species or clades.
- (systematics, informal) A phylogenetic diagram.
- The historical development of a human social or racial group.
noun
- (biology) A later evolutionary type.
- (astrology) The intersection of the western (setting) horizon and the ecliptic, its ecliptical longitude; the astrological sign it corresponds to.
- (linguistics) A word or form in one language that is descended from a counterpart in an ancestor language.
- (figuratively) A thing that derives directly from a given precursor or source.
- (linguistics) A language that is descended from another.
- One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.
- a person considered as descended from some ancestor
adj
verb
- evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment
- become distinct and acquire a different character
- be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense
- mark as different
- calculate a derivative; take the derivative
- become different during development
- To recognize as different or distinct.
- (transitive, intransitive, often in the passive voice, biology) To (cause to) go through a process of development called differentiation; to make or become different in form or function.
- To modify so as to create a difference or distinction.
- (mathematics) To calculate the derivative of a function.
- (mathematics) To calculate the differential of a function of multiple variables.
- To show or be the difference or distinction between things.
- To perceive the difference between things; to discriminate.
- (education) To teach a lesson in multiple different ways in order to meet the needs of more or less advanced students.
noun
verb
- evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment
- devote oneself to a special area of work
- be specific about
- become more focused on an area of activity or field of study
- suit to a special purpose
- (usually derogatory) To be known or notorious for some specialty.
- (intransitive) To become distinct or separate from what is common, particularly:
- To focus one's study upon a particular skill, field, topic, or genre.
- (rare, transitive) To specify: to mention specifically.
- To focus one's business upon a particular item or service.
- (biology, transitive) To make distinct or separate due to form or function.
- (transitive) To train (someone) in a specialty.
- (uncommon, transitive) To narrow in scope.
noun
- Process of growth or development.
- The act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction.
- an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something
- (usually plural) the components needed for making or doing something
- the act that results in something coming to be
verb
noun
- the evolution of a biological species
- (medicine, pathology) The determination of which species are present in a fluid or tissue specimen, bacterial culture, or viral culture.
- (taxonomy) The process by which new distinct species evolve.
- (chemistry) The formation of different (inorganic) species (especially of ions) as the environment changes.
noun
- a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
- (evolutionary theory) A process by which heritable traits conferring survival and reproductive advantage to individuals, or related individuals, tend to be passed on to succeeding generations and become more frequent in a population, whereas other less favourable traits tend to become eliminated; the differential survival and reproduction of phenotypes.
- (colloquial, sometimes offensive) A process by which poor individual choices or attributes naturally, or rightfully, lead to poor outcomes, especially death.
noun
- a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
- a passage selected from a larger work
- an assortment of things from which a choice can be made
- the person or thing chosen or selected
- the act of choosing or selecting
- (programming) A list of items on which user operations will take place. ᵂᵖ
- A musical piece.
- (historical) The free selection before survey of crown land in some Australian colonies under land legislation introduced in the 1860s. ᵂᵖ
- (algebra) A unary operation that denotes a subset of a relation.
- (biology) Ellipsis of natural selection.
- (biology) The stage of a genetic algorithm in which individual genomes are chosen from a population for later breeding. ᵂᵖ
- Something selected.
- (Australia) A plot of land, or farm, thus selected.
- A variety of items taken from a larger collection.
- The process or act of selecting.
- (linguistics) The ability of predicates to determine the semantic content of their arguments. ᵂᵖ
- (databases) A set of data obtained from a database using a query.
noun
- a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
- something that survives
- a state of surviving; remaining alive
- (as a modifier) Of, relating to or aiding survival.
- (anthropology) A custom or belief that persists in folklore from earlier times, when the rationale behind it is forgotten.
- The fact or act of surviving; continued existence or life.
- (sports) The avoidance of relegation or demotion to a lower league or division.
verb
- repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life
- repeat an earlier theme of a composition
- summarize briefly
- (transitive) To reproduce or closely resemble (as in structure or function).
- (ambitransitive) To summarize or repeat in concise form.
- (transitive, biology, of an organism) To mirror or repeat in analogous form, especially in reference to an individual's development passing through stages corresponding to the species' stages of evolutionary development.
noun
- (biology) The reenactment of the embryonic development in evolution of the species.
- (music) The third major section of a musical movement written in sonata form, representing thematic material that originally appeared in the exposition section.
- A subsequent brief recitement or enumeration of the major points in a narrative, article, or book.
- (theology) The symmetry provided by Christ's life to the teachings of the Old Testament; the summation of human experience in Jesus Christ.
- (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) in which musical themes that were introduced earlier are repeated
- emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species
- (music) the repetition of themes introduced earlier (especially when one is composing the final part of a movement)
- a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion
noun
- Development, increase, evolution.
- (mathematics) A sequence obtained by adding or multiplying each term by a constant.
- The act of moving from one thing to another.
- (music, countable) A chord progression.
- The act of moving forward or proceeding in a course; motion onward.
- (exercise) The process of making an exercise more strenuous by manipulating the details of its performance like loaded weight, range of motion, angle, speed.
- a movement forward
- the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)
- a series with a definite pattern of advance
noun
- (biology) The belief that evolution proceeds at a steady pace, without the sudden development of new species or biological features from one generation to the next.
- (transferred sense) The belief that some phenomenon occurs gradually over a long period of time.
- (politics) The belief that change ought to be brought about in small, discrete increments rather than in abrupt strokes such as revolutions or uprisings.
noun
noun
- a natural consequence of development
- a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
- a division of some larger or more complex organization
- any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
- a stream or river connected to a larger one
- a part of a forked or branching shape
- (graph theory) A path of vertices of degree 2, ending at vertices whose degree is not 2.
- An area in business or of knowledge, research.
- (nautical) A certificate given by Trinity House to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a ship in British waters.
- (computing) A sequence of code that is conditionally executed.
- The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
- A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line.
- A location of an organization with several locations.
- (chiefly Southern US) A creek or stream which flows into a larger river.
- Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.
- (computing) A group of related files in a source control system, including for example source code, build scripts, and media such as images.
- (Mormonism) A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see Wikipedia article on ward in LDS church.
- (geometry) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.
- (rail transport) A branch line.
verb
- grow and send out branches or branch-like structures
- divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
- (intransitive) To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.
- (transitive, colloquial) To discipline (a union member) at a branch meeting.
- (intransitive, computing) To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement.
- (transitive) To strip of branches.
- (ambitransitive) To (cause to) divide into separate parts or subdivisions.
- (intransitive) To produce branches.
noun
- a natural consequence of development
- the time at which something is supposed to begin
- a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
- structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly
- a compensating equivalent
- a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper
- (architecture) A terrace on a hillside.
- An abrupt bend in an object, such as a rod, by which one part is turned aside out of line, but nearly parallel, with the rest; the part thus bent aside.
- (surveying) A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object.
- The distance by which one thing is out of alignment with another.
- (botany) A short prostrate shoot that takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc.
- (programming) The difference between a target memory address and a base address.
- (c. 1555) A time at which something begins; outset.
- (international trade) A form of countertrade arrangement, in which the seller agrees to purchase within a set time frame products of a certain value from the buying country. This kind of agreement may be used in large international public sector contracts such as arms sales.
- A spur from a range of hills or mountains.
- (signal analysis) The displacement between the base level of a measurement and the signal's real base level.
- (architecture) A horizontal ledge on the face of a wall, formed by a diminution of its thickness, or by the weathering or upper surface of a part built out from it; a set-off.
- Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.
- (printing, often attributive) The offset printing process, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket and from there to the printing surface.
verb
- make up for
- create an offset in
- cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface
- compensate for or counterbalance
- produce by offset printing
- (transitive) To counteract or compensate for, by applying a change in the opposite direction.
- (transitive) To place out of line.
- (transitive) To form an offset in (a wall, rod, pipe, etc.).
adj
adv
noun
- A theory of evolution, holding that evolutionary change tends to be characterized by long periods of stability, or equilibrium, punctuated by episodes of very fast development.
- a theory of evolution holding that evolutionary change in the fossil record came in fits and starts rather than in a steady process of slow change
noun
- the evolution of one type of organism from another by a long series of gradual changes
- metamorphism that occurs deep under the earth's surface; changes simple minerals into complex minerals
- a distorted projection or perspective; especially an image distorted in such a way that it becomes visible only when viewed in a special manner
- (functional programming) A generalization of the list-producing unfolds known from functional programming to arbitrary abstract data types that can be described as final coalgebras.
noun
- the evolution of one type of organism from another by a long series of gradual changes
- a distorted projection or perspective; especially an image distorted in such a way that it becomes visible only when viewed in a special manner
- The use of this kind of image distortion.
- A distorted image of an object that may be viewed correctly from a specific angle or with a specific mirror.
- (mycology, lichenology) An abnormal form of some lichens or fungi that gives the appearance of a different species.
- (biology) A form of limited metamorphosis in some arthropods.
noun
- (countable) Any of several theories that explain the evolution of systems or organisms.
- (uncountable) The advocacy of Darwinian evolution by natural selection (Darwinism).
- (uncountable) The belief in the universal presence of evolution.
- (biology) a scientific theory of the origin of species of plants and animals
noun
- (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms
- a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
- A process of gradual change in a given system, subject, product etc., especially from simpler to more complex forms.
- (geometry) The opening out of a curve; now more generally, the gradual transformation of a curve by a change of the conditions generating it.
- (military) A manoeuvre of troops or ships.
- Development; the act or result of developing what was implicit in an idea, argument etc.
- (mathematics, now chiefly historical) The extraction of a root from a given power.
- (biology) The transformation of animals, plants and other living things into different forms (now understood as a change in genetic composition) by the accumulation of changes over successive generations.
- (chemistry) The act or an instance of giving off gas; emission.
- (chiefly dance, sports) A turning movement, especially of the body.
noun
- (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms
- The historical development of any thing, idea, etc.
- (systematics) The evolutionary history of groups of organisms, such as species or clades.
- (systematics, informal) A phylogenetic diagram.
- The historical development of a human social or racial group.
noun
- (biology) A later evolutionary type.
- (astrology) The intersection of the western (setting) horizon and the ecliptic, its ecliptical longitude; the astrological sign it corresponds to.
- (linguistics) A word or form in one language that is descended from a counterpart in an ancestor language.
- (figuratively) A thing that derives directly from a given precursor or source.
- (linguistics) A language that is descended from another.
- One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.
- a person considered as descended from some ancestor
adj
noun
- Process of growth or development.
- The act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction.
- an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something
- (usually plural) the components needed for making or doing something
- the act that results in something coming to be
verb
noun
- the evolution of a biological species
- (medicine, pathology) The determination of which species are present in a fluid or tissue specimen, bacterial culture, or viral culture.
- (taxonomy) The process by which new distinct species evolve.
- (chemistry) The formation of different (inorganic) species (especially of ions) as the environment changes.
noun
- a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
- (evolutionary theory) A process by which heritable traits conferring survival and reproductive advantage to individuals, or related individuals, tend to be passed on to succeeding generations and become more frequent in a population, whereas other less favourable traits tend to become eliminated; the differential survival and reproduction of phenotypes.
- (colloquial, sometimes offensive) A process by which poor individual choices or attributes naturally, or rightfully, lead to poor outcomes, especially death.
noun
- a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
- a passage selected from a larger work
- an assortment of things from which a choice can be made
- the person or thing chosen or selected
- the act of choosing or selecting
- (programming) A list of items on which user operations will take place. ᵂᵖ
- A musical piece.
- (historical) The free selection before survey of crown land in some Australian colonies under land legislation introduced in the 1860s. ᵂᵖ
- (algebra) A unary operation that denotes a subset of a relation.
- (biology) Ellipsis of natural selection.
- (biology) The stage of a genetic algorithm in which individual genomes are chosen from a population for later breeding. ᵂᵖ
- Something selected.
- (Australia) A plot of land, or farm, thus selected.
- A variety of items taken from a larger collection.
- The process or act of selecting.
- (linguistics) The ability of predicates to determine the semantic content of their arguments. ᵂᵖ
- (databases) A set of data obtained from a database using a query.
noun
- a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
- something that survives
- a state of surviving; remaining alive
- (as a modifier) Of, relating to or aiding survival.
- (anthropology) A custom or belief that persists in folklore from earlier times, when the rationale behind it is forgotten.
- The fact or act of surviving; continued existence or life.
- (sports) The avoidance of relegation or demotion to a lower league or division.
noun
- (biology) The reenactment of the embryonic development in evolution of the species.
- (music) The third major section of a musical movement written in sonata form, representing thematic material that originally appeared in the exposition section.
- A subsequent brief recitement or enumeration of the major points in a narrative, article, or book.
- (theology) The symmetry provided by Christ's life to the teachings of the Old Testament; the summation of human experience in Jesus Christ.
- (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) in which musical themes that were introduced earlier are repeated
- emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species
- (music) the repetition of themes introduced earlier (especially when one is composing the final part of a movement)
- a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion
verb
- undergo development or evolution
- work out
- gain through experience
- To move in regular procession through a system.
- (chemistry) To give off (a gas such as carbon dioxide or oxygen) during a chemical reaction.
- To change, to transform.
- To move (something) in regular procession through a system.
- To change or transform (something).
- Of a population: to acquire or develop (a trait) in the process of biological evolution.
- (biology) Of a trait; to develop within a population through biological evolution.
- (chiefly passive voice) To cause (a population, a species, etc.) to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution.
- To cause (something) to come into being or develop.
verb
- grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment
- superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry
- make visible by means of chemical solutions
- change the use of and make available or usable
- work out
- come into existence; take on form or shape
- cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development
- elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
- grow emotionally or mature
- create by training and teaching
- make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation
- become technologically advanced
- expand in the form of a series
- happen
- be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest
- move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions
- gain through experience
- generate gradually
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
- elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme
- move into a strategically more advantageous position
- (transitive) To create.
- (mathematics) To change the form of (an algebraic expression, etc.) by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value.
- (intransitive) To change with a specific direction, progress.
- (transitive) To acquire something usually over a period of time.
- (ambitransitive) To progress through a sequence of stages.
- (snooker, pool) To cause a ball to become more open and available to be played on later. Usually by moving it away from the cushion, or by opening a pack.
- (transitive) To bring out images latent in photographic film.
- (transitive) To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
- (chess, transitive) To place one's pieces actively.
verb
- evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment
- become distinct and acquire a different character
- be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense
- mark as different
- calculate a derivative; take the derivative
- become different during development
- To recognize as different or distinct.
- (transitive, intransitive, often in the passive voice, biology) To (cause to) go through a process of development called differentiation; to make or become different in form or function.
- To modify so as to create a difference or distinction.
- (mathematics) To calculate the derivative of a function.
- (mathematics) To calculate the differential of a function of multiple variables.
- To show or be the difference or distinction between things.
- To perceive the difference between things; to discriminate.
- (education) To teach a lesson in multiple different ways in order to meet the needs of more or less advanced students.
noun
verb
- evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment
- devote oneself to a special area of work
- be specific about
- become more focused on an area of activity or field of study
- suit to a special purpose
- (usually derogatory) To be known or notorious for some specialty.
- (intransitive) To become distinct or separate from what is common, particularly:
- To focus one's study upon a particular skill, field, topic, or genre.
- (rare, transitive) To specify: to mention specifically.
- To focus one's business upon a particular item or service.
- (biology, transitive) To make distinct or separate due to form or function.
- (transitive) To train (someone) in a specialty.
- (uncommon, transitive) To narrow in scope.
verb
- repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life
- repeat an earlier theme of a composition
- summarize briefly
- (transitive) To reproduce or closely resemble (as in structure or function).
- (ambitransitive) To summarize or repeat in concise form.
- (transitive, biology, of an organism) To mirror or repeat in analogous form, especially in reference to an individual's development passing through stages corresponding to the species' stages of evolutionary development.
adj
- Developing in a gradual or natural fashion.
- (physiology, medicine) Pertaining to an organ of the body of a living organism.
- Harmonious; coherent; structured.
- (agriculture) Of food or food products, grown in an environment free from artificial agrichemicals, and possibly certified by a regulatory body.
- (military) Of a military unit or formation, or its elements, belonging to a permanent organization (in contrast to being temporarily attached).
- (sociology) Describing a form of social solidarity theorized by Emile Durkheim that is characterized by voluntary engagements in complex interdependencies for mutual benefit (such as business agreements), rather than mechanical solidarity, which depends on ascribed relations between people (as in a family or tribe).
- Instrumental; acting as instruments of nature or of art to a certain destined function or end.
- (chemistry) Relating to the compounds of carbon, relating to natural products.
- (biology) Pertaining to or derived from living organisms.
- (Internet, marketing, of search results) Generated according to the ranking algorithms of a search engine, as opposed to deliberate promotional techniques e.g. by advertisers.
- constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup)
- of or relating to foodstuff grown or raised without synthetic fertilizers or pesticides or hormones
- simple and healthful and close to nature
- involving or affecting physiology or bodily organs
- relating or belonging to the class of chemical compounds having a carbon basis
- being or relating to or derived from or having properties characteristic of living organisms
noun
adj
- (biology) Occurring in or characteristic of an early stage of development or evolution.
- Relating to an art style characterized by asymmetrical shapes and faded colors.
- Crude, obsolete.
- (mathematics) Not derived from another of the same type
- (grammar) Original; primary; radical; not derived.
- Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first.
- Of or pertaining to or harking back to a former time; old-fashioned; characterized by simplicity.
- used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies
- little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
- of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style
- belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
noun
- (linguistics) An original or primary word; a word not derived from another, as opposed to derivative.
- A simple-minded person.
- (mathematics) A function whose derivative is a given function; an antiderivative.
- Primitive or primeval nature; the innate, instinctive element within a person; the deep, instinctive, precultural layer of human nature.
- Natural or premodern environment or conditions; life lacking modern technology and society.
- A member of a primitive society.
- (programming) A data type that is built into the programming language, as opposed to more complex structures.
- (programming) Any of the simplest elements (instructions, statements, etc.) available in a programming language.
- A basic geometric shape from which more complex shapes can be constructed.
- a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
- a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
- a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms