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cycle

Definition

  • noun: a set of events or actions that happen again and again in the same order
  • noun: an interval of time during which a sequence of a recurring succession of events or phenomena is completed
  • verb: to go through a repeated process or to cause (something) to go through a repeated process
  • verb: to pass through a cycle
  • often + 'of'
  • synonyms: age, calendar, motorcycle

Examples

  • These plants have a 2-year 'growth cycle'. [=the plants live and die within two years]

  • The water is 'cycled' back into/through the system after it has been used.

  • We have to wait for the dishwasher's wash and dry 'cycles' to end.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) (GROANING) THOR: No! (YELLS) (GRUNTS) ERIK: and once a cycle, all the worlds align. Imagine... Imagine that this is our world. Oh, thank you. And this is another world. (..)
    2013 Thor: The Dark World