cycle
An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed.
Noun 4 meanings
An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed.
“the cycle of the seasons, or of the year”
A complete rotation of anything.
A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence.
“electoral cycle menstrual cycle news cycle”
The members of the sequence formed by such a process.
Verb 4 meanings
To go through a cycle or to put through a cycle.
To turn power off and back on
“Avoid cycling the device unnecessarily.”
To maintain a team's possession of the puck in the offensive zone by handling and passing the puck in a loop from the boards near the goal up the side boards and passing to back to the boards near the goal
“They have their cycling game going tonight.”
To ride a bicycle or other cycle.
CYCLE at a glance
CYCLE has 5 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (C 3 + Y 4 + C 3 + L 1 + E 1) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,421 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with cycle
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- CYCLO12
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