Cycle

Quick meaning: Cycle is a noun meaning An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. A complete rotation of anything.
2. A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence.
3. The members of the sequence formed by such a process.
4. A series of poems, songs or other works of art, typically longer than a trilogy.
5. A programme on a washing machine, dishwasher, or other such device.
6. (baseball) A single, a double, a triple, and a home run hit by the same player in the same game.
7. (graph theory) A closed walk or path, with or without repeated vertices allowed.

Example Sentences

the spin cycle

Put the washing in on a warm cycle.

the cycle of the seasons, or of the year

electoral cycle menstrual cycle news cycle

Word Forms

• cycles
• cycling
• cycled

Synonyms for cycle

Depending on context, synonyms include round, rhythm, bicycle, pedal, wheel, cps.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bike, motorcycle, bicycle, pedal, wheel, round.

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