devolve

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

verb

1. pass on or delegate to another
- The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital
• Derivationally related forms:
devolvement, devolution
• Hypernyms:
delegate, designate, depute, assign
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
2. be inherited by
- The estate fell to my sister
- The land returned to the family
- The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead
• Syn:
fall, return, pass
• Hypernyms:
change hands, change owners
• Hyponyms:
fall, light
• Verb Group:
accrue, fall
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s somebody
3. grow worse
- Her condition deteriorated
- Conditions in the slums degenerated
- The discussion devolved into a shouting match
• Syn:
deteriorate, drop, degenerate
• Ant:
recuperate (for: deteriorate)
• Derivationally related forms:
degenerative (for: degenerate), degeneration (for: degenerate), deterioration (for: deteriorate)
• Hypernyms:
worsen, decline
• Hyponyms:
tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade,
languish, fade, waste, rot
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  deteriorate, drop, degenerate, fall, return, pass
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  recuperate, recover, convalesce