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Definition: EVOLVING

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. To develop or expand. [Eve - graph theoretic]
2. To change, switch, turn, commute or shift.[Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Present participle conjugation of the verb evolve.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(evolve)		 1. Work out.[Wordnet].
2. Undergo development or evolution; "Modern man evolved a long time ago".[Wordnet].
3. Gain through experience.[Wordnet].
4. Work out; "We have developed a new theory of evolution".[Wordnet].
5. To unfold or unroll; to open and expand; to disentangle and exhibit clearly and satisfactorily; to develop; to derive; to educe.[Websters].
6. To throw out; to emit; as, to evolve odors.[Websters].
7. To become open, disclosed, or developed; to pass through a process of evolution.[Websters].
8. Base verb from the following inflections: evolving, evolved, evolves, evolver, evolvers, evolvingly and evolvedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adjective 1. Being floating. [Eve - graph theoretic]
2. Being fetching. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Being flourishing or blooming. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. Being advancing. [Eve - graph theoretic]
5. Being developing. [Eve - graph theoretic]
6. Being grasping. [Eve - graph theoretic]
7. Being embryonic. [Eve - graph theoretic]
8. Being smashing or shattering.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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"Evolving" is a common misspelling or typo for: revolving, devolving.

Date "Evolving" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1785. (references)

Specialty Definition: EVOLVING

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Verb] Unfolding; expanding; emitting.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary [Verb] Present participle of evolve. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Common Expressions: EVOLVING

Expressions Definition
Evolving classification function Evolving classification functions (ECF), evolving classifier functions or evolving classifiers are used for classifying and clustering in the field of artificial intelligence. (references)
Evolving the Alien Evolving the Alien: The Science of Extraterrestrial Life (2002, second edition published as What Does a Martian Look Like? The Science of Extraterrestrial Life) is a book about xenobiology by biologist Jack Cohen and mathematician Ian Stewart. (references)
Oxygen evolving complex The oxygen evolving complex is a water oxidizing enzyme involved in the photooxidation of water during the light reactions of photosynthesis. The complex can exist in 5 states: S0 to S4. Photons trapped by photosystem II move the system from state S0 to S4. S4 is unstable and reacts with water to produce oxygen. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Topics by Level of Interest: EVOLVING

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
List of participants in the Evolving Genes and Proteins symposium 97     Capital Ideas Evolving 6
Evolving capacities 10     Consciousness Evolving 3
Capital Ideas Evolving 6     Evolving capacities 10
Evolving the Alien 5     Evolving classification function 3
Oxygen evolving complex 4     Evolving the Alien 5
Consciousness Evolving 3     List of participants in the Evolving Genes and Proteins symposium 97
Evolving classification function 3     Oxygen evolving complex 4

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

"evolving" is a common misspelling or typo for: revolving, devolving.

Synonyms: evolving
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Verb

 evolve, deriving, changing, acquiring, calculating, educating, elaborating, figuring, germinating, licking, modernising, modernizing, preparing, solving.
Consider also: extracting, extricating, originating, progressing, unfolding, determining, discovering, maturing, resulting, eliciting, proceeding, detaching, disengaging, expounding, starting, spread, develop, derive, educe, acquire, arise, break, build, calculate, civilise, civilize, compute, educate, germinate, lick, modernise, modernize, prepare, reckon, solve.

Adjective

 developing, embryonic, growing, nascent, ongoing, budding, evolutionary, unfolded, civilising, civilizing, cyphering, early, emergent, initial, recrudescing, young.
Consider also: advancing, pullulating.

Noun

 development, movement, evolution, evolvement, computing, reckoning, training, uprising.
Consider also: clearing, opening, advancement, alteration, expansion, germination, growth, headway, improvement, modification, process, progress, progression, transformation, transition, variation, motion, course.

Other

 educing, ciphering, excogitating, maneuver, moving, upgrowth, evolute, microevolution.

Expression

 just beginning.
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Computed Synonyms: evolving

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   86.3195   evolving     emitting     floating, launching, interjecting, chucking, heaving   
 2   74.3094   evolving     promoting     starting, proposing, activating, heaving, initiating   
 3   72.3195   evolving     ejecting     slipping, heaving, publishing, shotting, floating   
 4   71.3094   evolving     slipping     slip, slithering, removing, whizzing, dropping   
 5   70.3194   evolving     expanding     expand, extend, enlarge, swell, stretch   
 6   67.3093   evolving     publishing     floating, interjecting, ejecting, suggesting, starting   
 7   66.3095   evolving     shotting     killing, dropping, launching, chucking, tossing   
 8   65.4095   evolving     heaving     staggering, wobbling, chucking, jogging, rolling   
 9   64.3095   evolving     tossing     churning, overturning, joggling, shuffling, fidgeting   
 10   64.3095   evolving     floating     emitting, starting, publishing, interjecting, slipping   
 11   64.3093   evolving     arranging     arrange, initiating, starting, ordering, launching   
 12   63.3094   evolving     starting     commencing, initiating, start, launching, opening   
 13   63.3093   evolving     activating     initiating, inciting, arranging, hurling, fixing   
 14   61.3095   evolving     hurling     hurl, fling, cast, toss, casting   
 15   61.3094   evolving     chucking     heaving, dumping, dropping, launching, shotting   
--------------------     1113 synonyms ranked from 16 to 1128 abridged     --------------------

Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Computed Synonyms via Expressions: evolving

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   11.0593   evolving     to evolve     evolve, develop, to develop   
 2   8.0090   evolving     move about     move, stir, fidget   
 3   4.0092   evolving     to turn     turn, reverse, return   
 4   4.0090   evolving     to rotate     rotate, turn, revolve   
 5   3.0090   evolving     to develop     develop, evolve, improve   
 6   3.0089   evolving     to process     work, to work, to fabricate   
 7   2.3092   evolving     building on     expanding, enlarging, magnifying   
 8   2.3090   evolving     cycling back     change, displace, replace   
 9   2.3089   evolving     take a reading     take off, to observe, raise   
 10   2.2089   evolving     hang around     hang about, roam, hover   
 11   2.0093   evolving     fold up     fold back, bend, roll up   
 12   2.0092   evolving     to flit     flirt, to vacate, to remove   
 13   2.0092   evolving     to change     change, alter, vary   
 14   2.0091   evolving     to alter     alter, revise, modify   
 15   2.0089   evolving     fly through     pass through, to travel, travel   
--------------------     34 synonyms ranked from 16 to 49 abridged     --------------------

Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Computed Expressions: evolving

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Expression

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   2.5595   evolving fault     developing fault         
 2   1.3083   evolving mainstream     high-flying hot-shot     respect yourself, norm line and short arm   
 3   1.1679   of evolving into hominids     hominization process         
 4   1.1083   evolving mainstream     norm line and short arm     the mob's gone down under, subject matter   
 5   1.0285   evolving mainstream     subject matter     subject, topic   
 6   1.0179   evolving mainstream     the mob's gone down under     by order in council, subject matter   
 7   1.0083   evolving mainstream     sexiness     sexuality, carnality   
 8   1.0083   evolving mainstream     respect yourself     subject matter, high-flying hot-shot   
 9   1.0083   evolving mainstream     chain company     sexiness   
 10   1.0081   evolving mainstream     by order in council     the mob's gone down under, subject matter   
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Synonyms within Context: evolving

Context Synonyms within Context

Evolution

Evolving, evolved.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. Top
Antonyms: evolving
Position Antonyms (sorted by strength)

Verb

 regressing, blocking, halting, receding, stopping, retreating.
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Translations: EVOLVING

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Al Arabiya مُتَجَدِّد (renewed, capricious, changeable, changeful, evolving), مُطَوَّر (developed, changeable, evolving, fickle, furthered), نَشَأَ (develop, developed, developing, develops, evolve). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, evolving. (volunteer & more translations)
Al Fus-Ha مُتَجَدِّد (renewed, capricious, changeable, changeful, evolving), مُطَوَّر (developed, changeable, evolving, fickle, furthered), نَشَأَ (develop, developed, developing, develops, evolve). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, evolving. (volunteer & more translations)
Albanian evolucion (evolution, development, evolving). Additional references: Albanian, Turkey (Europe), evolving. (volunteer & more translations)
Arabic مُتَجَدِّد (renewed, capricious, changeable, changeful, evolving), مُطَوَّر (developed, changeable, evolving, fickle, furthered), نَشَأَ (develop, developed, developing, develops, evolve). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, evolving. (volunteer & more translations)
Arnaut evolucion (evolution, development, evolving). Additional references: Arnaut, Turkey (Europe), evolving. (volunteer & more translations)
Bohemian vyvíjející se (developing, evolving), rozvíjející se (evolving, unfolding), dinamièke algebre (dynamic algebras, evolving algebras). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, evolving. (volunteer & more translations)
Brazilian Portuguese evolucionando (evolving, developing), evoluindo (evolving, developing), evolvente (evolvent, evolving), necessidades crescentes (evolving), desenvolver (to develop, develop, spread, spread out, developing). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, evolving. (volunteer & more translations)
Central Danish den teknologiske udvikling inden for ordbehandling (the evolving world of word processing), den opstaaende europaeiske faellesskabsret (European community law as it is currently evolving). Additional references: Central Danish, Denmark, Germany, evolving. (volunteer & more translations)
Cestina vyvíjející se (developing, evolving), rozvíjející se (evolving, unfolding), dinamièke algebre (dynamic algebras, evolving algebras). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, evolving. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Simplified 进化 (evolution, evolutions, evolvement, evolve, evolved), 进化的 (evolutionary, evolutional, evolutive, evolving), 展开的 (unfolded, expanding, evolutionary, evolving). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, evolving. (volunteer & more translations)
Corse trasfurmassi (evolve, to evolve, develop, change, evolving), girà (turn, to turn, evolve, to evolve, revolve), cambià (modify, to modify, replace, to replace, change), mòvesi in ogni sensu (evolve, to evolve, develop, change, evolving). Additional references: Corse, France, Italy, evolving. (volunteer & more translations)
Corsi trasfurmassi (evolve, to evolve, develop, change, evolving), girà (turn, to turn, evolve, to evolve, revolve), cambià (modify, to modify, replace, to replace, change), mòvesi in ogni sensu (evolve, to evolve, develop, change, evolving). Additional references: Corsi, France, Italy, evolving. (volunteer & more translations)
Corsican trasfurmassi (evolve, to evolve, develop, change, evolving), girà (turn, to turn, evolve, to evolve, revolve), cambià (modify, to modify, replace, to replace, change), mòvesi in ogni sensu (evolve, to evolve, develop, change, evolving). Additional references: Corsican, France, Italy, evolving. (volunteer & more translations)
Corso trasfurmassi (evolve, to evolve, develop, change, evolving), girà (turn, to turn, evolve, to evolve, revolve), cambià (modify, to modify, replace, to replace, change), mòvesi in ogni sensu (evolve, to evolve, develop, change, evolving). Additional references: Corso, France, Italy, evolving. (volunteer & more translations)
Corsu trasfurmassi (evolve, to evolve, develop, change, evolving), girà (turn, to turn, evolve, to evolve, revolve), cambià (modify, to modify, replace, to replace, change), mòvesi in ogni sensu (evolve, to evolve, develop, change, evolving). Additional references: Corsu, France, Italy, evolving. (volunteer & more translations)
Czech vyvíjející se (developing, evolving), rozvíjející se (evolving, unfolding), dinamièke algebre (dynamic algebras, evolving algebras). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, evolving. (volunteer & more translations)
Danish den teknologiske udvikling inden for ordbehandling (the evolving world of word processing), den opstaaende europaeiske faellesskabsret (European community law as it is currently evolving). Additional references: Danish, Denmark, Germany, evolving. (volunteer & more translations)
Dansk den teknologiske udvikling inden for ordbehandling (the evolving world of word processing), den opstaaende europaeiske faellesskabsret (European community law as it is currently evolving). Additional references: Dansk, Denmark, Germany, evolving. (volunteer & more translations)
Deutsch entwickelnd (developing, evolving, educing, conceiving, contriving), entfaltend (unfolding, deploying, developing, unfurling, evolving), entwickeln (develop, to develop, evolve, to evolve, conceive), Hartgaslastschalter (gas evolving switch). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, evolving. (volunteer & more translations)
Dutch het in werking zijnde Europese Gemeenschapsrecht (European community law as it is currently evolving). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, evolving. (volunteer & more translations)
Français évoluant (evolving), élaborant (preparing, creating, developing, elaborating, evolving), évoluer (evolve, to evolve, develop, advance, maneuver), interrupteur à autoformation de gaz (gas evolving switch), évolution du procédé de prise de décisions de garantie (evolving underwriting decisions process), droit communautaire européen en gestation (European community law as it is currently evolving), défaut évolutif (developing fault, evolving fault). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, evolving. (volunteer & more translations)
French évoluant (evolving), élaborant (preparing, creating, developing, elaborating, evolving), évoluer (evolve, to evolve, develop, advance, maneuver), interrupteur à autoformation de gaz (gas evolving switch), évolution du procédé de prise de décisions de garantie (evolving underwriting decisions process), droit communautaire européen en gestation (European community law as it is currently evolving), défaut évolutif (developing fault, evolving fault). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, evolving. (volunteer & more translations)
German entwickelnd (developing, evolving, educing, conceiving, contriving), entfaltend (unfolding, deploying, developing, unfurling, evolving), entwickeln (develop, to develop, evolve, to evolve, conceive), Hartgaslastschalter (gas evolving switch). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, evolving. (volunteer & more translations)
Greek που εξελίσσεται (evolving). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, evolving. (volunteer & more translations)
Greek (transliteration) poi exelissetai (evolving). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, evolving. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguk Mal 판명되는 (evolving), 진화하는 (evolutive, evolving), 진화시키는 (evolving), 전개하는 (evolving), 방출하는 (ejective, effluent, evolving), 발달시키는 (evolving), 끌어내는 (evolving). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, evolving. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguohua 판명되는 (evolving), 진화하는 (evolutive, evolving), 진화시키는 (evolving), 전개하는 (evolving), 방출하는 (ejective, effluent, evolving), 발달시키는 (evolving), 끌어내는 (evolving). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, evolving. (volunteer & more translations)
High Arabic مُتَجَدِّد (renewed, capricious, changeable, changeful, evolving), مُطَوَّر (developed, changeable, evolving, fickle, furthered), نَشَأَ (develop, developed, developing, develops, evolve). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, evolving. (volunteer & more translations)
High German entwickelnd (developing, evolving, educing, conceiving, contriving), entfaltend (unfolding, deploying, developing, unfurling, evolving), entwickeln (develop, to develop, evolve, to evolve, conceive), Hartgaslastschalter (gas evolving switch). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, evolving. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch entwickelnd (developing, evolving, educing, conceiving, contriving), entfaltend (unfolding, deploying, developing, unfurling, evolving), entwickeln (develop, to develop, evolve, to evolve, conceive), Hartgaslastschalter (gas evolving switch). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, evolving. (volunteer & more translations)
Hungarian kialakítás (evolving, formation, performance, shaping). Additional references: Hungarian, Hungary, Austria, evolving. (volunteer & more translations)
Italian evolvendo (evolving), evolvere (evolve, to evolve, evolving, move), primo infarto miocardico (first evolving infarction). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, evolving. (volunteer & more translations)
Korean 판명되는 (evolving), 진화하는 (evolutive, evolving), 진화시키는 (evolving), 전개하는 (evolving), 방출하는 (ejective, effluent, evolving), 발달시키는 (evolving), 끌어내는 (evolving). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, evolving. (volunteer & more translations)
Magyar kialakítás (evolving, formation, performance, shaping). Additional references: Magyar, Hungary, Austria, evolving. (volunteer & more translations)
Portuguese evolucionando (evolving, developing), evoluindo (evolving, developing), evolvente (evolvent, evolving), necessidades crescentes (evolving), desenvolver (develop, spread, spread out, lay out, to develop). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, evolving. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian развиваться развивающийся (evolving), отвратительный (abhorrent, abominable, detestable, damned, disgustful). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, evolving. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian (transliteration) razvivatʹsya razvivayushchiysya (evolving), otvratitelʹnyy (abhorrent, abominable, detestable, damned, disgustful). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, evolving. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki развиваться развивающийся (evolving), отвратительный (abhorrent, abominable, detestable, damned, disgustful). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, evolving. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki (transliteration) razvivatʹsya razvivayushchiysya (evolving), otvratitelʹnyy (abhorrent, abominable, detestable, damned, disgustful). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, evolving. (volunteer & more translations)
Serbian (transliteration) razvojni (developmental, evolving, developing), koji teče (evolving, ongoing, progressing, streaming), koji se odvija (evolving, flowing, ongoing, onward, progressing), koji napreduje (crescent, evolving, flowing, ongoing, onward). Additional references: Serbian (transliteration), evolving. (volunteer & more translations)
Shkip evolucion (evolution, development, evolving). Additional references: Shkip, Turkey (Europe), evolving. (volunteer & more translations)
Shqip evolucion (evolution, development, evolving). Additional references: Shqip, Turkey (Europe), evolving. (volunteer & more translations)
Shqiperë evolucion (evolution, development, evolving). Additional references: Shqiperë, Turkey (Europe), evolving. (volunteer & more translations)
Sjaelland den teknologiske udvikling inden for ordbehandling (the evolving world of word processing), den opstaaende europaeiske faellesskabsret (European community law as it is currently evolving). Additional references: Sjaelland, Denmark, Germany, evolving. (volunteer & more translations)
Skchip evolucion (evolution, development, evolving). Additional references: Skchip, Turkey (Europe), evolving. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish evolucionando (evolving), progresando (developing, evolving, growing, improving), evolucionar (evolve, develop, to evolve, evolving), interruptor con formación de gas (gas evolving switch), falta evolutiva (developing fault, evolving fault), hominizante (hominization process, of evolving into hominids), la sociedad en ascenso (evolving mainstream), evolucionando en forma similar a la de la ropa deportiva (evolving along similar lines as the sportswear trends), una sugerencia (by order in council, evolving mainstream, high-flying hot-shot, norm line and short arm, respect yourself), otra idea (chain company, evolving mainstream, sexiness). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, evolving. (volunteer & more translations)
Tosk evolucion (evolution, development, evolving). Additional references: Tosk, Turkey (Europe), evolving. (volunteer & more translations)
Zhgabe evolucion (evolution, development, evolving). Additional references: Zhgabe, Turkey (Europe), evolving. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: EVOLVING

Language Translations for “evolving” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag athagevathagolvathaging (evolving). Additional references: Athag, evolving. (volunteer)
Double Dutch agevagolvaging (evolving). Additional references: Double Dutch, evolving. (volunteer)
Leet &<¤#<¦]\[& (evolving). Additional references: Leet, evolving. (volunteer)
Oppish opevopolvoping (evolving). Additional references: Oppish, evolving. (volunteer)
Pig Latin evolvingway (evolving). Additional references: Pig Latin, evolving. (volunteer)
Terran B evolucnon (evolving). Additional references: Terran B, evolving. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi ubevubolvubing (evolving). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, evolving. (volunteer)
Source: compiled by the editor. Top