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English to English noun
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a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage) |  | Example: the development of his ideas took many years the evolution of Greek civilization the slow development of her skill as a writer
source: wordnet30
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(biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms |  | source: wordnet30
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The act of unfolding or unrolling; hence, in the process of growth; development; as, the evolution of a flower from a bud, or an animal from the egg. |  | source: webster1913
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