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How to pronounce “devolve”
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Pronunciation guide for devolve
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of devolve with real speech in context.
- Available examples
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- Real speech example
- A path to security for the world's deadliest countries
and pretty soon, they devolve into gangs over time.
- Definition summary
- (intransitive) To be inherited by someone else; to pass down upon the next person in a succession, especially through failure or loss of an earlier holder. [from 16th c.]
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce devolve
A path to security for the world's deadliest countries
and pretty soon, they devolve into gangs over time.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “devolve”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (intransitive) To be inherited by someone else; to pass down upon the next person in a succession, especially through failure or loss of an earlier holder. [from 16th c.]
- (transitive) To delegate (a responsibility, duty, etc.) on or upon someone. [from 17th c.]
- (intransitive) To fall as a duty or responsibility on or upon someone. [from 18th c.]
- (intransitive) To degenerate; to break down. [from 18th c.]
- (obsolete, transitive) To roll (something) down; to unroll. [15th–19th c.]
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