1. Noun
An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres.
2. Noun
An interval of time in which a certain succession of events or phenomena is completed, and then returns again and again, uniformly and continually in the same order; a periodical space of time marked by the recurrence of something peculiar; as, the cycle of the seasons, or of the year.
3. Noun
An age; a long period of time.
4. Noun
An orderly list for a given time; a calendar.
5. Noun
The circle of subjects connected with the exploits of the hero or heroes of some particular period which have served as a popular theme for poetry, as the legend of Arthur and the knights of the Round Table, and that of Charlemagne and his paladins.
6. Noun
One entire round in a circle or a spire; as, a cycle or set of leaves.
7. Noun
A bicycle or tricycle, or other light velocipede.
8. Verb
To pass through a cycle of changes; to recur in cycles.
9. Verb
To ride a bicycle, tricycle, or other form of cycle.
10. Noun
the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz)
Vocabulary classified under Academic vocabulary
11. Noun
a periodically repeated sequence of events; "a cycle of reprisal and retaliation"
Vocabulary classified under Economics
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