Cycle - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈsaɪkl|  American pronunciation of the word cycle
Brit.  |ˈsaɪk(ə)l|  British pronunciation of the word cycle

noun

- an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs (syn: rhythm, round)
the never-ending cycle of the seasons
- a series of poems or songs on the same theme
Schubert's song cycles
- a periodically repeated sequence of events
a cycle of reprisal and retaliation
- the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz) (syn: hertz)
- a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon (syn: oscillation)
a year constitutes a cycle of the seasons
- a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals (syn: bicycle, bike, wheel)

verb

- cause to go through a recurring sequence
cycle the laundry in this washing program
- pass through a cycle
This machine automatically cycles
- ride a motorcycle (syn: motorcycle)
- ride a bicycle (syn: bicycle, bike, pedal, wheel)
- recur in repeating sequences

Extra examples

We have to wait for the dishwasher's wash and dry cycles to end.

He rode his cycle into town.

The water is cycled back into the system after it has been used.

The water cycles back into the system.

This washing machine has a 50-minute cycle.

Do you cycle to work?

The water is cycled through the machine and reused.

Schubert's song cycles

This machine automatically cycles

...the dateless cycle of the seasons...

...the neighborhood is being torn apart by an endless cycle of gang violence and retribution...

...road pavement that had been riven by the annual freeze-and-thaw cycle...

We need to break the cycle of poverty and crime in the inner cities.

Sometimes the only way to break the cycle of violence in the home is for the wife to leave.

The two groups are locked in a vicious cycle of killing.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: cycle
he/she/it: cycles
present participle: cycling
past tense: cycled
past participle: cycled
noun
singular: cycle
plural: cycles
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