How do you pronounce evolutionary?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˌiː.vəˈluː.ʃən.ɛɹ.i/.

evolutionary

/ˌiː.vəˈluː.ʃən.ɛɹ.i/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.82 in modern English

Syllables: evo-lu-tion-ary
IPA: /ˌiː.vəˈluː.ʃən.ɛɹ.i/

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Meaning

adj

Of or relating to the biological theory of evolution.

adj

Having formal similarities to the biological theory of evolution.

Example Sentences

"The evolutionary history of marine mammals includes land-dwelling ancestors."
"It is likely that the long evolutionary trajectory of Mycoplasma went from a reductive autotroph to oxidative heterotroph to a cell-wall–defective degenerate parasite. This evolutionary trajectory assumes the simplicity to complexity route of biogenesis, a point of view that is not universally accepted."
"The basic elements of an evolutionary growth theory are discussed in Section II."

Etymology

Etymology tree English evolution Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English evolutionary From evolution + -ary.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌiː.vəˈluː.ʃən.ɛɹ.i/
British English: /ˌiː.vəˈl(j)uː.ʃən.ɹi/

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Biology.

Derived Forms

antievolutionary bioevolutionary coevolutionary ecoevolutionary evilutionary evolutionarily macroevolutionary mesoevolutionary microevolutionary neuroevolutionary nonevolutionary orthoevolutionary

Phrases

anti-evolutionary co-evolutionary eco-evolutionary evolutionary adaptation evolutionary adaptedness evolutionary altruism evolutionary analysis evolutionary anthropologist

Synonyms

evolutional

Antonyms

nonevolutional non-evolutional nonevolutionary non-evolutionary

Rhymes With

revolutionary counterrevolutionary