SPECIATE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they speciate ... he / she / it speciates

Past simple: speciated

Past participle: speciated

-ing form: speciating

Meaning:

Evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment

Synonyms:

differentiate; specialise; specialize; speciate

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "speciate" is one way to...):

evolve (undergo development or evolution)

Sentence frames:

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Derivation:

speciation (the evolution of a biological species)