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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

  • (..) Molecules change their bonds. Elements. They combine and change into compounds. Well, that's... That's all of life, right? I mean, it's just... It's the constant, it's the cycle. It's solution, dissolution, just over and over and over. It is growth, then decay, then transformation. (..)
    2008 TvShow: Breaking Bad Title: Pilot Season: 1 Episode 1