cycle
♦ cy|cle /s'aɪkəl/ (cycles cycling cycled)
1 [VERB] V prep/adv, V, V n
If you cycle, you ride a bicycle.
He cycled to Ingwold...
Britain could save £4.6 billion a year in road transport costs if more people cycled...
Over 1000 riders cycled 100 miles around the Vale of York.
● cycling [N-UNCOUNT]
The quiet country roads are ideal for cycling.
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A cycle is a bicycle.
...an eight-mile cycle ride.
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A cycle is a motorcycle. (AM)
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A cycle is a series of events or processes that is repeated again and again, always in the same order.
...the life cycle of the plant...
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A cycle is a single complete series of movements in an electrical, electronic, or mechanical process.
...10 cycles per second.boom-bust cy|cle (boom-bust cycles)
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A boom-bust cycle is a series of events in which a rapid increase in business activity in the economy is followed by a rapid decrease in business activity, and this process is repeated again and again. (BUSINESS)
We must avoid the damaging boom-bust cycles which characterised the 1980s.cy|cle path (cycle paths)
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A cycle path is a special path on which people can travel by bicycle separately from motor vehicles.life cy|cle (life cycles)
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The life cycle of an animal or plant is the series of changes and developments that it passes through from the beginning of its life until its death.
The dormant period is another stage in the life cycle of the plant.
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The life cycle of something such as an idea, product, or organization is the series of developments that take place in it from its beginning until the end of its usefulness.
Each new product would have a relatively long life cycle.
1 [VERB] V prep/adv, V, V n
If you cycle, you ride a bicycle.
He cycled to Ingwold...
Britain could save £4.6 billion a year in road transport costs if more people cycled...
Over 1000 riders cycled 100 miles around the Vale of York.
● cycling [N-UNCOUNT]
The quiet country roads are ideal for cycling.
2 [N-COUNT]
A cycle is a bicycle.
...an eight-mile cycle ride.
3 [N-COUNT]
A cycle is a motorcycle. (AM)
4 [N-COUNT] usu with supp, oft N of n
A cycle is a series of events or processes that is repeated again and again, always in the same order.
...the life cycle of the plant...
5 [N-COUNT] usu pl
A cycle is a single complete series of movements in an electrical, electronic, or mechanical process.
...10 cycles per second.boom-bust cy|cle (boom-bust cycles)
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A boom-bust cycle is a series of events in which a rapid increase in business activity in the economy is followed by a rapid decrease in business activity, and this process is repeated again and again. (BUSINESS)
We must avoid the damaging boom-bust cycles which characterised the 1980s.cy|cle path (cycle paths)
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A cycle path is a special path on which people can travel by bicycle separately from motor vehicles.life cy|cle (life cycles)
1 [N-COUNT] usu with poss
The life cycle of an animal or plant is the series of changes and developments that it passes through from the beginning of its life until its death.
The dormant period is another stage in the life cycle of the plant.
2 [N-COUNT]
The life cycle of something such as an idea, product, or organization is the series of developments that take place in it from its beginning until the end of its usefulness.
Each new product would have a relatively long life cycle.