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cycle noun [ ˈsʌɪk(ə)l ]

• a series of events that are regularly repeated in the same order.
• "the recurrent cycle of harvest failure, food shortages, and price increases"
Similar: round, rotation, revolution, circle, pattern, rhythm,
• a complete set or series.
• "the painting is one of a cycle of seven"
Similar: series, sequence, succession, run, set,
• a bicycle or tricycle.
• "for the energetic, cycles may be hired"
Similar: bicycle, two-wheeler, pedal cycle, bike, pushbike,

cycle verb

• ride a bicycle.
• "she cycled to work every day"
• move in or follow a regularly repeated sequence of events.
• "economies cycle regularly between boom and slump"
Origin: late Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin cyclus, from Greek kuklos ‘circle’.


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