cycle

CEFRA2

/ˈsaɪ.kəl/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A series of events that repeats in the same order.

  2. 02

    verb

    To ride a bicycle.

Examples

  • A business cycle is a recurring succession of periods of prosperity and periods of depression.

  • He was riding his cycle home when he was hit by a lorry.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • [ˈsaɪ.kɫ̩]
  • [ˈsɑe.kɫ̩]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A complete rotation of anything.

  2. A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence.

  3. An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed.

More examples

In context

  • We can clearly see the cycle of the seasons in Canada.

  • The Ring of the Nibelung is a cycle of four operas by Richard Wagner.

  • the cycle of the seasons, or of the year

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Origin

noun

From Middle English cicle (“fixed length period of years”), from Late Latin cyclus, from Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”), from Proto-Hellenic *kúklos, *kʷókʷlos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos (“circle, wheel”). Doublet of chakra, chakram, charkha, chukker, cyclus, kike, and wheel (see there for more).