evolve

évoluer

Changer et se développer avec le temps, notamment chez les êtres vivants au fil de nombreuses générations.

En anglais simple : To change and develop over time, including changes in living things over many generations.

• Languages evolve over time.
• These animals evolved in a cold climate.
• Our teaching methods have evolved with experience.

Comment l'utiliser : evolve from something (Modern birds evolved from earlier dinosaurs.); evolve into something (The small club evolved into a national organization.)

Synonymes : develop, change

Expressions courantes : evolve over time, evolve from something, evolve into something

faire évoluer, développer

Modifier ou développer progressivement quelque chose pour lui donner une forme différente ou plus avancée.

En anglais simple : To gradually change or develop something into a different or more advanced form.

• The team evolved a new working method.
• He evolved the original design into a larger structure.
• Over several years, they evolved a system for sharing resources.

Comment l'utiliser : evolve something into something (She evolved her short story into a novel.)

Synonymes : develop, transform

Expressions courantes : evolve a method, evolve a plan, evolve something into something