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Evolve

To unfold or unroll; to open and expand; to disentangle and exhibit clearly and satisfactorily; to develop; to derive; to educe.

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Verb group 14

Acquire 84% connected

To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own; as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Acquire 84% connected

To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own; as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Develop 84% connected

To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or giv…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Develop 84% connected

To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or giv…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Formulate 84% connected

To reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or expression.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Formulate 84% connected

To reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or expression.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Get 84% connected

Jet, the mineral.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Get 84% connected

Jet, the mineral.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Grow 84% connected

To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter into the living organism; -- said…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Grow 84% connected

To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter into the living organism; -- said…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Produce 84% connected

To bring forward; to lead forth; to offer to view or notice; to exhibit; to show; as, to produce a witness or evidence in court.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Produce 84% connected

To bring forward; to lead forth; to offer to view or notice; to exhibit; to show; as, to produce a witness or evidence in court.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 2

Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Develop 76% connected

To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or giv…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Manner of action 4

Derive 76% connected

To turn the course of, as water; to divert and distribute into subordinate channels; to diffuse; to communicate; to transmit; -- followed by to, into…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Differentiate 76% connected

To distinguish or mark by a specific difference; to effect a difference in, as regards classification; to develop differential characteristics in; to…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Specialize 76% connected

To mention specially; to particularize.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 2

Evolution 74% connected

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.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Evolution 74% connected

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.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Synonym 3

Acquire 92% connected

To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own; as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Develop 92% connected

To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or giv…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Germinate 92% connected

To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as a plant or its seed; to begin to develop, as a germ.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Near synonym 2

Change 84% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

words for change 55% interchangeable

Develop gradually over time.

Change 82% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

gradual 42% interchangeable less formal

Evolve suggests gradual development rather than a single intervention.

The model changed. / The model evolved.
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