Cycle Definition
sīkəl
cycled, cycles, cycling
noun
cycles
A recurring period of a definite number of years, used as a measure of time.
Webster's New World
A period of time within which a round of regularly recurring events or phenomena is completed.
The business cycle.
Webster's New World
A complete set of events or phenomena recurring in the same sequence.
Webster's New World
A very long period of time; an age.
Webster's New World
All of the traditional or legendary poems, songs, etc. connected with a hero or an event.
The Charlemagne cycle.
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verb
cycled, cycles, cycling
To occur or recur in cycles; pass through a cycle.
Webster's New World
To move in or as if in a cycle.
American Heritage
To ride a bicycle, tricycle, or motorcycle.
Webster's New World
To use in or put through a cycle.
Cycled the heavily soiled laundry twice; cycling the recruits through eight weeks of basic training.
American Heritage
To ride a bicycle or other cycle.
Wiktionary
suffix
Wiktionary
idiom
hit (<i>or</i> go) for the cycle
- to hit (or try to hit) a single, double, triple, and home run in one game
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Cycle
Noun
Singular:
cyclePlural:
cyclesIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Cycle
- hit (or go) for the cycle
Origin of Cycle
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From Late Latin cyclus, from Ancient Greek κύκλος (kyklos), reduplicated form of a Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos (“circle, wheel”). Cognates include Sanskrit चक्र (cakrá), Latin colus, Old English hwēol (English wheel), English ancillary
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Late Latin cyclus from Greek kuklos circle kwel-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Ancient Greek κύκλος (kuklos, “circle”).
From Wiktionary
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