Meaning of cycle | Babel Free

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1. An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed.
2. A pedal-powered vehicle, such as a unicycle, bicycle, or tricycle, or a motorized vehicle that has either two or three wheels.
3. A complete rotation of anything.
4. A bicycle.
   specifically, usually
5. series
6. To use in or put through a cycle: cycled the heavily soiled laundry twice; cycling the recruits through eight weeks of basic training.
7. A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence.
8. period
9. A course, process, or journey that ends where it began or repeats itself:circle, circuit, orbit, round, tour, turn.
10. The members of the sequence formed by such a process.
11. first-person singular present indicative of ciclar
12. to go by bicycle. He cycles to work every day. fiets, ry fiets يَركَب دَرّاجَه карам колело andar de bicicleta jet na kole radeln, radfahren cykle κάνω ποδήλατοir en bicicleta jalgrattaga sõitma با دوچرخه رفتن pyöräillä aller à/en bicyclette לִרְכַּב אוֹפַנַיִים साइकिल चलाना voziti bicikl kerékpározik bersepeda andare in bicicletta* 自転車に乗る 자전거를 타다 važiuoti dviračiu braukt ar velosipēdu mengayuh basikal fietsensykle jeździć rowerem بایسکل andar de bicicleta a merge cu bicicleta ездить на велос...
13. A series of poems, songs or other works of art, typically longer than a trilogy.
14. shortened form of bicycle. They bought the child a cycle for his birthday. fiets دَرّاجه колело bicicleta kolo (jízdní) das Fahrrad cykel ποδήλατο bicicleta (jalg)ratas دوچرخه polkupyörä véloאופניים साइकिल bicikl bicikli sepeda hjól bicicletta 自転車 자전거 dviratis velosipēds basikal fietssykkelrower دوه څرخ لرونکی bicicleta bicicletă велосипед bicykel kolo bicikl cykel จักรยาน 'bicycle' sözcüğünün kısaltılmışı 自行車的簡寫 велосипед سائيكل xe đạp 自行车
15. A programme on a washing machine, dishwasher, or other such device.
16. a person who rides a bicycle. fietsryer, fietser راكِب الدَرّاجَـه колоездач ciclista cyklista der Radfahrer cyklist ποδηλάτηςciclista jalgrattur دوچرخه سوار pyöräilijä cycliste רוֹכֵב אוֹפַנַיִים साइकिल-सवार biciklist biciklista pengendara sepeda hjólreiðamaður ciclista 自転車乗り 자전거 타는 사람 dviratininkas riteņbraucējs penunggang basikal wielrijdersyklistrowerzysta په دوه څرخی باندی سوار ciclista (bi)ciclist велосипедист bicyklista kolesar biciklista cyklist นักขี่จักรยาน bisiklet sürücüsü, bisikl...
17. A single, a double, a triple, and a home run hit by the same player in the same game.
18. siklies دَوْري цикличен cíclico cyklický zyklisch cyklisk; periodisk tilbagevendende κυκλικόςcíclico tsükliline چرخه ای؛ گردشی syklinen cycliqueמחזורי चक्रीय cikličan körkörös, ciklikus menurut lingkaran hring-; síendurtekinn ciclico 循環の 주기적인 ciklinis, cikliškas, periodiškas ciklisks berkitar cyclischperiodisk, regelmessig tilbakevendende, syklisk cykliczny, okresowy دوره یی cíclico ciclic циклический cyklický cikličen cikličan cyklisk เป็นวงจร çevrimsel, dönemsel 周期的 циклічний دورانى lặp lại...
19. A closed walk or path, with or without repeated vertices allowed.
20. siklies بصورة دائريّه ، دورياَ циклично ciclicamente cyklicky zyklisch cykliskt; periodiskt tilbagevendende κυκλικά cíclicamente tsükliliselt بطور چرخه ای و ادواری syklisesti d'une manière cyclique בְּאוֹפֶן מַחֲזוֹרִי चक्रीय रूप से ciklično körkörösen secara berseri síendurtekið, með árvissum hætti ciclicamente 循環して 주기적으로 cikliškai, periodiškai cikliski secara berkitar cyclischperiodisk, regelmessig tilbakevendende, syklisk cyklicznie په دوره یی ډول ciclicamente ciclic циклично cyklicky cikl...
21. A chain whose boundary is zero.
22. ciclo, período;pregnancy ___ → ___ gravídico.
23. An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres.
24. An interval of time during which a characteristic, often regularly repeated event or sequence of events occurs: Sunspots increase and decrease in intensity in an 11-year cycle.
25. An age; a long period of time.
26. A single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon: A year constitutes a cycle of the seasons.
27. An orderly list for a given time; a calendar.
28. One entire round in a circle or a spire.
29. A discharge of a taser.
30. One take-off and landing of an aircraft, referring to a pressurisation cycle which places stresses on the fuselage.
31. A scheduled period of time of weeks or months wherein a performance-enhancing substance or, by extension, supplement is applied, to be followed by another one where it is not or the dosage is lower.
32. A hertz; cycle per second.
    plural, usually

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Examples

“the cycle of the seasons, or of the year”

“VVages have been tvvice raiſed in my time, and they bear a full proportion, or even a greater than formerly, to the medium of proviſion during the laſt bad cycle of tvventy years.”

“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”

“Jones hit for the cycle in the game.”

“With centric and eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb”

“There appears to be no absolute cycle in the universe; all is change and progression. No planet ever revolves twice precisely in the same orbit.”

“Thro' the shadow of the world we sweep into the younger day: / Better fifty years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay.”

“[H]ere we endeavour to preſent our Gard'ners with a compleat Cycle of what is requiſite to be done throughout every Moneth of the Year: […]”

“a cycle or set of leaves”

“Officers have made the mistake of applying many Taser cycles, expecting the suspect to relent.”

“The deterioration of his physique may be a result of his being off cycle.”

“[…] the Plan incorporates in proper combination every available modern technique, including extensive electrification on the new standard high-voltage a.c. system at a frequency of 50 cycles; main-line diesel traction as a half-way house to electrification; lightweight diesel trains for secondary and branch services; and a smaller wagon fleet doing more work by the use of continuous brakes in conjunction with modernised terminals and marshalling yards.”

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