devolve
🇺🇸
/dɪˈvɑːlv/
🇬🇧
/dɪˈvɒlv/
verb
R
To give control or tasks to someone else or a lower level.
The company decided to devolve more decision-making to its employees.
R
To get worse or lose quality over time.
The quality of the product started to devolve after the change in management.
R
In biology, to become simpler over time through evolution.
Some scientists believe that certain organisms have devolved to a simpler form.
translation
To give control or tasks to someone else or a lower level.; To get worse or lose quality over time.; In biology, to become simpler over time through evolution.
Word Forms
3rd Present
devolves
Past
devolved
Perfect
devolved
Progressive
devolving