cycle

noun

OPAL WOPAL S

/ˈsaɪkl/

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a bicycle or motorcycle
- He was riding his cycle home when he was hit by a lorry.
- We went for a cycle ride on Sunday.
- on a cycle Lots of people arrived in cars or on cycles.
- by cycle They completed their journey by cycle.
see also bikeTopics Transport by car or lorrya2, Sports: other sportsa2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- motor
- pedal
verb + cycle
- ride
cycle + noun
- ride
- helmet
- lane
- …
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cycle (of something) the fact of a series of events being repeated many times, always in the same order
- Every business goes through cycles.
- cycle of something 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.
- in a cycle 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
see also carbon cycle, life cycle, lunar cycle, nitrogen cycle, water 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
Topics Moneyb1, Biologyb1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- annual
- daily
- monthly
- …
verb + cycle
- follow
- go through
- complete
- …
cycle + verb
- begin again
- continue
- repeat (itself)
- …
cycle + noun
- length
- time
preposition
- in a/the cycle
- per cycle
phrases
- a cycle of abuse, poverty, violence, etc.
- part of the cycle (of something)
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a complete set or series, for example of movements in a machine
- eight cycles per second
- the rinse cycle (= in a washing machine)
see also song cycleTopics Engineeringb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- annual
- daily
- monthly
- …
verb + cycle
- follow
- go through
- complete
- …
cycle + verb
- begin again
- continue
- repeat (itself)
- …
cycle + noun
- length
- time
preposition
- in a/the cycle
- per cycle
phrases
- a cycle of abuse, poverty, violence, etc.
- part of the cycle (of something)
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Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin cyclus, from Greek kuklos ‘circle’.

cycle

verb

/ˈsaɪkl/

[intransitive] (especially British English)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they cycle	/ˈsaɪkl/ /ˈsaɪkl/
he / she / it cycles	/ˈsaɪklz/ /ˈsaɪklz/
past simple cycled	/ˈsaɪkld/ /ˈsaɪkld/
past participle cycled	/ˈsaɪkld/ /ˈsaɪkld/
-ing form cycling	/ˈsaɪklɪŋ/ /ˈsaɪklɪŋ/

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to ride a bicycle; to travel by bicycle
- measures to encourage more people to cycle
- + adv./prep. I usually cycle home through the park.
- He cycles ten miles to and from work every day.
compare bicycle, bikeTopics Sports: other sportsa2
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin cyclus, from Greek kuklos ‘circle’.