evolve

Other forms of evolve

past tense

evolved·

present participle

evolving·

third person

evolves·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about evolve

What does evolve mean?

evolve means "work out". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in evolve?

evolve has 2 syllables: e-volve. The stress falls on "volve". In IPA it is /ɪˈvɑlv/.

What is another word for evolve?

Close synonyms include germinate, develop, develop, acquire. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is evolve a common word?

evolve is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with evolve?

3 words rhyme with evolve. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.