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evolving

verb
Sayee-VOLV-ingUS/ɪˈvɑlvɪŋ/UK/ɪˈvɒlvɪŋ/

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  1. 1
    verb
    Present participle and gerund of evolve.

    The company's strategy is evolving to meet shifting market demands.

    Evolving over millions of years, the species developed remarkable adaptations.

    Note

    The -ing form carries every use of evolve, from the biologist's to the chemist's. After be it builds the progressive (a strategy that is evolving); as a gerund it works as a noun (evolving new traits takes generations). Watch what follows it. A reaction evolving oxygen is giving the gas off, a use far from gradual change. A population evolving a trait is acquiring it over successive generations.

evolving is a form of evolve

evolve, verb: To change or transform, typically through a gradual process over time. Full entry

Forms
evolveevolves he/she/itevolving -ing formevolved past tense, past participle
Spelling
evolve → evolving: drop the e, add -ing

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