Check Dictionary

Find out more about word, its definitions etc.

Valid in these dictionaries

TWL/NWL (Scrabble US/CA/TH)
SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK / ALL)
ENABLE (Words with Friends)

Meaning of evolution

1 definition found

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  evolution
      n 1: a process in which something passes by degrees to a
           different stage (especially a more advanced or mature
           stage); "the development of his ideas took many years";
           "the evolution of Greek civilization"; "the slow
           development of her skill as a writer" [syn: {development},
           {evolution}] [ant: {degeneration}, {devolution}]
      2: (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary
         development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms
         [syn: {evolution}, {organic evolution}, {phylogeny},
         {phylogenesis}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

Use this dictionary checker to learn more about a word - find out its meaning and also make sure whether that word is a valid word in any of these dictionaries (used by popular word games). Here is the list of dictionaries it checks for :

OCTWL / TWL : The official dictionary for scrabble game in United States, Canada and Thailand.
SOWPODS / CSW : UK and the rest of the world uses this dictionary for various word games including scrabble.
ENABLE - This is the default dictionary for Words with Friends.

The dictionary checker is also good at solving any issue with a disputed word when you're playing scramble games gainst your friends or family members. As a bonus, you also learn new words while having fun!

Back to Word Unscrambler