Nov 26, 2012 · The first time I saw the term was in relation to a data protection leak and this now seems a pretty common usage e.g this article amongst the tech community. Is there a term to describe words that have changed meaning over time, or words that have been adopted by a particular community and had their meaning altered?

Nov 9, 2018 · To describe a change over time of a part of an animal (e.g. beak), you can try the word morph. Example: The wings of these birds morphed over millenniums as atmospheric pressure changes. To describe a change in habitat location over time, you can try the word shift. Example: After Seattle became a city, the Pacific wren and the Swainson’s ...

Feb 2, 2019 · A lawyer seeks to attract clients over time, rather than with time. Again, there is no mathematical relationship, even metaphorically, between the ticking clock and the events described. "During time" is not used English. "During [a specific time]" is used: "Its characteristics changed during the time that he was gone." (But "while" would suffice.)

Jun 24, 2011 · The meaning of nice changed because of a common phenomenon called Semantic change. Semantic change. In semantics and historical linguistics, semantic change refers to any change in the meaning(s) of a word over the course of time. Also called semantic shift, lexical change, and semantic progression. Common types of semantic change include ...

May 5, 2016 · I agree with @ringo that labeling it change over or though time is the best approach if it is the change you wish to focus on. However, I see remarkable underlying stability such that a model derived from among all the "blue" data or all the "green" data would be fairly accurate in predicting the next instance. But I think in biological terms.

Jun 17, 2015 · The short answer is, yes, there are many many words whose meanings have changed a great deal in the last hundred or two hundred years, and may cause offence or just laughter. But there's no formula for telling which word has changed: there's no particular reason why you should be alert to the fact that "queer" has acquired a new meaning but ...

Yes, grammar rules have changed considerably over the years. Original Chaucer is barely comprehensible to those used to just modern English; patches of Shakespeare and his contemporaries are a little stilted to modern eyes; even authors as recent as, say, Dickens or Austen write in a style that is somewhat different from the modern style.

Jan 29, 2019 · over the years: during several/some/many years (Merriam-Webster) for years : for a long time (Cambridge) throughout the years : during the whole of [a certain] period (Collins)

Jun 24, 2019 · I’m more interested in the history of the words conservative and liberal and how they seem to have changed meaning through out time. – PJT Commented Apr 3, 2013 at 21:00

Mar 1, 2013 · I'm not sure why you couldn't just say steadily improves.Also, I think this question needs more context. You gave one example context of steady improvement – trust in a relationship – but many other things could improve over time: a software system, a financial situation, the reliability of an electric automobile, a student's academic performance, …