0 to (cause power or responsibility to) be given to other people: --
To be a good manager, you must know how to devolve responsibility downwards.
formal Those duties will necessarily devolve on/upon me.
1 to give power or a responsibility to a person or group that is at a lower level or has less authority: --
devolve sth to sb/sth Spending under these budget items must be devolved to local offices.
The constitutional changes to devolve power to local authorities will go ahead.
2 to change something large into several smaller parts of a similar type: --
3 to change from one thing to another, often to something bad: --
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
Vi kan slutföra det steg för steg hur lång vägen än är och den kan inte slutföras hur kort vägen än är om du inte ens markerar ditt fotavtryck.