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SPECIATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does speciate mean?
• SPECIATE (verb)
The verb SPECIATE has 1 sense:
1. evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment
Familiarity information: SPECIATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they speciate ... he / she / it speciates
Past simple: speciated
Past participle: speciated
-ing form: speciating
... he / she / it speciates Past simple: speciated
Past participle: speciated
-ing form: speciating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
differentiate; specialise; specialize; speciate
Hypernyms (to "speciate" is one way to...):
evolve (undergo development or evolution)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
speciation (the evolution of a biological species)
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