Meaning

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

    the cycle of the seasons, or of the year

    Zyklus

    an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs

  2. A complete rotation of anything.

    Zyklus

    циклcikl, оборо́тoborót

    циклcykl, оборо́тoborót

  3. A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence.

    electoral cycle menstrual cycle news cycle

    Zyklus

    циклcikl

  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.

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

    Zyklus

    циклcikl

    a series of poems or songs on the same theme

  6. A programme on a washing machine, dishwasher, or other such device.

    Put the washing in on a warm cycle.

    the spin cycle

    Programm

    циклcikl

  7. A single, a double, a triple, and a home run hit by the same player in the same game.

    Jones hit for the cycle in the game.

  8. A closed walk or path, with or without repeated vertices allowed.

    Kreis

  9. A chain whose boundary is zero.

  10. An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres.

  11. An age; a long period of time.

  12. An orderly list for a given time; a calendar.

Examples

298 sentences
  1. I wonder if Tom has ever considered cycling to work.

    Мені цікаво, чи Том колись розглядав можливість їздити на роботу на велосипеді.

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  2. I wonder whether Tom has ever considered cycling to work.

    Мені цікаво, чи Том колись розглядав можливість їздити на роботу на велосипеді.

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  3. I wonder whether or not Tom has ever considered cycling to work.

    Мені цікаво, чи Том колись розглядав можливість їздити на роботу на велосипеді.

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  4. I cycle to work.

    Я їжджу на роботу на велосипеді.

    ruЯ езжу на работу на велосипеде.

    deIch fahre mit dem Fahrrad zur Arbeit.

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  5. We all like cycling.

    Ми всі любимо їздити на велосипедах.

    ruМы все любим кататься на велосипеде.

    deWir fahren alle gern Rad.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
complete rotation:
Русский
By meaning 1
complete rotation:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed:
program on a washing machine etc.:
graph theory: closed walk or path:

Origin

From Middle English cicle (“fixed length period of years”), from Late Latin cyclus, from A

From Middle English cicle (“fixed length period of years”), from Late Latin cyclus, from Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”), from Proto-Hellenic *kúklos, *kʷókʷlos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos (“circle, wheel”).

From -cycle (in bicycle, monocycle, and tricycle), perhaps associated with etymology 1. Compare French cycle in the same sense. The verb is either from the noun or a clipping of bicycle (verb).

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Forms

plural: cycles
Singularcycle
Pluralcycles

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

54 related words

Collocations

5 patterns
  • go cycling
  • go cycling with
  • cycling to work
  • cycling trip
  • like cycling

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
cycle — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto