cycle (ˈsaɪkəll
)
Definitions
noun
- a recurring period of time in which certain events or phenomena occur and reach completion or repeat themselves in a regular sequence
- a completed series of events that follows or is followed by another series of similar events occurring in the same sequence
- the time taken or needed for one such series
- a vast period of time; age; aeon
- a group of poems or prose narratives forming a continuous story about a central figure or event ⇒
the Arthurian cycle
- a series of miracle plays ⇒
the Chester cycle
- a group or sequence of songs See song cycle
- short for bicycle , tricycle , motorcycle
- astronomy the orbit of a celestial body
- a recurrent series of events or processes in plants and animals ⇒
a life cycle
a growth cycle
a metabolic cycle
- physics a continuous change or a sequence of changes in the state of a system that leads to the restoration of the system to its original state after a finite period of time
- one of a series of repeated changes in the magnitude of a periodically varying quantity, such as current or voltage
- computing
- a set of operations that can be both treated and repeated as a unit
- the time required to complete a set of operations
- one oscillation of the regular voltage waveform used to synchronize processes in a digital computer
- (in generative grammar) the set of cyclic rules
verb
- (tr) to process through a cycle or system
- (intr) to move in or pass through cycles
- to travel by or ride a bicycle or tricycle
Alternative Forms
ˈcycling noun adjectiveWord Origin
C14: from Late Latin cyclus, from Greek kuklos cycle, circle, ring, wheel; see wheelTranslations
- British English:
cycle
A cycle is a bicycle....an eight-mile cycle ride.ˈsaɪkl NOUN ...an eight-mile cycle ride.
- Spanish:
ciclo
nm
- French:
vélo
nm
- German:
Zyklus
nm Zyklen
- Chinese: 自行车 n
- Arabic: دَرَّاجَة n
- Portuguese: ciclo nm
- Russian: цикл nm
- Croatian: ciklus nm
- Czech: cyklus nm
- Danish: cyklus nutr
- Dutch: cyclus nm
- Finnish: jakso n
- Greek: κύκλος nm
- Italian: ciclo nm
- Japanese: 自転車 n
- Korean: 주기 n
- Norwegian: syklus nm
- Polish: cykl nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: bicicleta nf
- European Spanish:
ciclo
nm
- Swedish: cykel nutr
- Thai: ระยะเวลายาวนาน n
- Turkish: döngü n
- Vietnamese: chu kỳ n
- British English:
cycle
A cycle is a series of events or processes that is continually repeated, always in the same order....the cycles of nature.ˈsaɪkl NOUN ...the cycles of nature.
- Spanish:
bicicleta
nf
- French:
cycle
nm
- German:
Rad
nnt Räder
- Chinese: 循环 n
- Arabic: دَوْرَة n
- Portuguese: bicicleta nf
- Russian: велосипед nm
- Croatian: bicikl nm
- Czech: kolo nnt
- Danish: cykel nutr
- Dutch: fiets n
- Finnish: polkupyörä n
- Greek: ποδήλατο nnt
- Italian: bicicletta nf
- Japanese: 周期 n
- Korean: 자전거 n
- Norwegian: sykkel nm
- Polish: rower nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: ciclo nm
- European Spanish:
bicicleta
nf
- Swedish: cykel nutr
- Thai: จักรยาน n
- Turkish: bisiklete binme n
- Vietnamese: xe đạp n
- British English:
cycle
If you cycle, you ride a bicycle.I cycle to work at least twice a week.ˈsaɪkl VERB I cycle to work at least twice a week.
- Spanish:
ir en bicicleta
v
- French:
faire du vélo
vi
- German:
radfahren
v
- Chinese: 骑自行车 v
- Arabic: يَرْكَبُ الدَرَّاجَة v
- Portuguese: andar de bicicleta v
- Russian: проходить цикл v
- Croatian: voziti bicikl v
- Czech: jet na kole v jezdit na kole
- Danish: cykle v
- Dutch: fietsen v
- Finnish: pyöräillä v
- Greek: κάνω ποδήλατο v
- Italian: andare in bicicletta v
- Japanese: 自転車に乗る v
- Korean: 순환하다 v
- Norwegian: sykle v
- Polish: pojechać na rowerze v jechać na rowerze
- Brazilian Portuguese: andar de bicicleta v
- European Spanish:
ir en bicicleta
v
- Swedish: cykla v
- Thai: ขี่จักรยาน v
- Turkish: bisiklete binmek v
- Vietnamese: đạp xe v
Usage examples
The fruit flies have a natural life cycle that would be disrupted.
, The Complete Stories Volume 2 (1995)The French firm prepared a radical cycle for Bernard Hinault's to use in the 1982 Tour de France prologue.
Cycling Weekly (2004)The Stability and Growth pact requires that Ireland run a balanced budget over the economic cycle.
Irish Times (2002)Berit Lindholm, whom Mr Thom correctly states took over for the rest of the cycle , was the current Bayreuth Brünnhilde.
Glasgow Herald (2001)Wave Dance Stand as before and let your breath drop to your belly; breathe in and out here in a long, continuous cycle.
, MOVING INTO ECSTASY: An Urban Mystic's Guide to Movement, Music and Meditation (2001)