evolved

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evolve

Evolved means changing over time into something more complex or different.

When we talk about evolution in science, it usually refers to how living things change through generations. But when people say something has evolved, they might mean that a person's ideas have changed and grown wiser with experience. For example, someone who was once very shy might evolve into a confident public speaker. You could also say that a business has evolved by adapting to new technologies or changing market trends.

How common is "evolved"?

Word evolved is considered rare in modern English.
It has a balanced usage among all categories: speech, fiction, newspapers and academic texts.

Definitions

verb

To move in regular procession through a system.
To change; transform.
To come into being; develop.
Of a population, to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution.
To give off (gas, such as oxygen or carbon dioxide during a reaction).
Example: to evolve odours
To cause something to change or transform.

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adjective

Having arisen through a process of evolution or iterative development.
Biologically gifted

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Real examples of "evolved" in context

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As each of these networks evolved and grew over time, you had new species, new reactions, and new circuits that latched on to what was already well connected.

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