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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

  • (..) When that comes back to us in the form of the live action that they shot... ...we know that the wings and everything are in the right poses... ...so we can just apply our cycle at that point and we have the confidence to know: "Yes, it's gonna work. It's gonna interact with our digital eagle." (..)
    2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
  • (..) Right down, right down, right down. CLAYTON: When we were prevising the eagle sequence... ...we went to the trouble of creating quite a well-animated flight cycle on the eagle... ...so that our previs would have the right scale and feel majestic... ...and sort of get the tone of the sequence. (..)
    2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey