evolución

Definitions of evolución
  1. noun
    the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)
    synonyms: adelantamiento, adelanto, andadura, avance, marcha, paso, progresión, progreso
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    types:
    carrera
    the general progression of your working or professional life
    pídola
    advancing as if in the child's game, by leaping over obstacles or competitors
    type of:
    movimiento, traslado
    the act of changing location from one place to another
  2. noun
    a movement forward
    synonyms: adelantamiento, adelanto, andadura, avance, paso, progresión, progreso
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    type of:
    desplazamiento
    a movement through space that changes the location of something
  3. noun
    (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms
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    type of:
    proceso biológico
    a process occurring in living organisms
  4. noun
    a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
    synonyms: desarrollo
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    antonyms:
    degeneración
    the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality
    types:
    crecimiento
    a progression from simpler to more complex forms
    despliegue, florecimiento
    a developmental process
    type of:
    proceso
    a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states
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