Synonyms: development, evolution
Definition: a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
Usage: the development of his ideas took many years; the evolution of Greek civilization; the slow development of her skill as a writer
Similar words: physical process, process
Definition: a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states
Usage: events now in process; the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls
Synonyms: evolution, phylogenesis, phylogeny, organic evolution
Definition: (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms
Similar words: organic process, biological process
Definition: a process occurring in living organisms