Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

the cycle of the seasons, or of the year

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electoral cycle    menstrual cycle    news cycle

No sooner has a [synthetic] drug been blacklisted than chemists adjust their recipe and start churning out a subtly different one. These “legal highs” are sold for the few months it takes the authorities to identify and ban them, and then the cycle begins again.

Ice is one of a slate of young, idealistic candidates for Move Forward who have joined mainstream politics in the hope that this election allows Thailand to break the cycle of military coups […]

The Ring of the Nibelung is a cycle of four operas by Richard Wagner.

Put the washing in on a warm cycle.

the spin cycle

Word Forms

• cycles
• cycling
• cycled

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When Should You Use Cycle?

Use cycle when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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