cycling

CEFRA2

/ˈsaɪk(ə)lɪŋ/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The activity or sport of riding a bicycle.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The activity of riding cycles, especially bicycles (for transport, sport, physical exercise, recreation, tourism...)

Examples

  • You may go cycling if it doesn't rain.

  • In all my years as a cycling fan, I've never seen a breakaway like this.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Synonyms
3

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The sport of riding and racing cycles, especially bicycles.

  2. Any cyclic action or process.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. present participle and gerund of cycle

More examples

In context

  • The cycling of the water softener in the basement was faintly audible from the kitchen.

  • We all like cycling.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

By surface analysis, cycle + -ing.