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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cy•cle /ˈsaɪkəl/USA pronunciation n., v., -cled, -cling. n. [countable] - any complete round or repeating series of events:the cycle of the four seasons.
- a recurring period of time, esp. one in which certain events repeat themselves:a cycle of no more than 50 seconds.
- Transporta bicycle, motorcycle, tricycle, or the like.
- Literature, Music and Dancea group of poems, songs, etc., about a central theme or figure:the Arthurian cycle.
v. [no object] - to ride or travel by bicycle, motorcycle, or the like:They cycled into town for groceries.
See -cycle-.-cycle-, root. - -cycle- comes from Greek, where it has the meaning "cycle;
circle;
wheel.'' This meaning is found in such words as: bicycle, cycle, cyclo, cyclone, cyclotron, recycle, tricycle.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cy•cle (sī′kəl),USA pronunciation n., v., -cled, -cling. n. - any complete round or series of occurrences that repeats or is repeated.
- a round of years or a recurring period of time, esp. one in which certain events or phenomena repeat themselves in the same order and at the same intervals.
- any long period of years;
age. - Transporta bicycle, motorcycle, tricycle, etc.
- Literaturea group of poems, dramas, prose narratives, songs etc., about a central theme, figure, or the like:the Arthurian cycle.
- Physics
- a sequence of changing states that, upon completion, produces a final state identical to the original one.
- one of a succession of periodically recurring events.
- a complete alteration in which a phenomenon attains a maximum and minimum value, returning to a final value equal to the original one.
- Mathematicsa permutation of a set of elements that leaves the original cyclic order of the elements unchanged.
- Computing
- the smallest interval of time required to complete an operation in a computer.
- a series of computer operations repeated as a unit.
- Idioms, Sport hit for the cycle, [Baseball.](of one player) to hit a single, double, triple, and home run in one game.
v.i. - to ride or travel by bicycle, motorcycle, tricycle, etc.
- to move or revolve in cycles;
pass through cycles.
- Greek kýklos cycle, circle, wheel, ring, disk, orb; see wheel
- Late Latin cyclus
- Middle English cicle 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cycle /ˈsaɪkəl/ n - 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
- short for bicycle, motorcycle
- a recurrent series of events or processes in plants and animals: a life cycle, a growth cycle, a metabolic cycle
- one of a series of repeated changes in the magnitude of a periodically varying quantity, such as current or voltage
vb - (transitive) to process through a cycle or system
- (intransitive) to move in or pass through cycles
- to travel by or ride a bicycle or tricycle
Etymology: 14th Century: from Late Latin cyclus, from Greek kuklos cycle, circle, ring, wheel; see wheel |