evolve
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- (transitive & intransitive) If something evolves, it, or things of its kind, change slowly over a long time or from generation to generation.
- Because computer technology evolves rapidly, a product may have changed before most people learn about it.
- Most researchers see Homo erectus as a single species that evolved into Homo sapiens.
- Modern scientific ideas will continue to evolve and grow.
- Rock and roll evolved from earlier blues, jazz, and folk music.