devolve

Meaning of devolve

verb
  1. To roll (something) down; to unroll.
  2. 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.
  3. To delegate (a responsibility, duty, etc.) on or upon someone.
  4. To fall as a duty or responsibility on or upon someone.
  5. To degenerate; to break down.
    A discussion about politics may devolve into a shouting match.

Information about devolve

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of devolve

de-volve

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • devolve is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

devolve synonyms

Meaning fall:

fall, return, pass

Meaning deteriorate:

deteriorate, drop, degenerate

Anagrams of devolve

evolved

Words that rhyme with devolve

absolve, dissolve, exsolve, persolve, predissolve, preresolve, reabsolve, redissolve, resolve, solve, unresolve, unsolve, upsolve, circumvolve, coevolve, coinvolve, convolve, corevolve, deconvolve, disinvolve, evolve, interinvolve, intervolve, involve, obvolve, overinvolve, preinvolve, reinvolve, revolve, volve, wolve, exolve

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