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Cycle ˈsaɪkl Noun Riding Home Hit Lorry Ride

Word3 cycle
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /ˈsaɪkl/ /ˈsaɪkl/
Example
  • he was riding his cycle home when he was hit by a lorry.
  • we went for a cycle ride on sunday.
  • lots of people arrived in cars or on cycles.
  • they completed their journey by cycle.
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cycle

(noun)/ˈsaɪkl/ /ˈsaɪkl/
  1. a bicycle or motorcycle
    • SEE ALSO bike
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/bike_2
    • He was riding his cycle home when he was hit by a lorry.
    • We went for a cycle ride on Sunday.
    • Lots of people arrived in cars or on cycles.
    • They completed their journey by cycle.
  2. the fact of a series of events being repeated many times, always in the same order
    • SEE ALSO carbon cycle
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/carbon-cycle
    • Every business goes through cycles.
    • the cycle of the seasons
    • The argument is that reprisals simply perpetuate the cycle of violence.
    • They could not break the cycle of harvest failure, food shortage, price increase and misery.
    • Front runners generally establish themselves early in the election cycle.
    • The percentage of companies being downgraded was typical for this point in the economic cycle.
    • different phases of the cell cycle

    Extra Examples

    • Life is a natural cycle, just like the changing seasons.
    • Male and female adults mate, the female lays eggs, and the cycle begins all over again.
    • The European market is simply going through an economic cycle.
    • The number of young produced per breeding cycle varies from species to species.
    • This cycle of events continually repeats itself.
    • To complete the cycle, oxygen is necessary.
    • a diagram of the water cycle
    • at this point in the cycle
    • caught up in a vicious cycle of bingeing and dieting
    • part of the cycle of birth and death
    • the 76-year solar cycle
    • the annual cycle of church festivals
    • women with irregular menstrual cycles
  3. a complete set or series, for example of movements in a machine
    • SEE ALSO song cycle
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/song-cycle
    • eight cycles per second
    • the rinse cycle (= in a washing machine)

    Word Origin

    • late Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin cyclus, from Greek kuklos ‘circle’.
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