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to cycle

to cycle

26 3.0
To move something through a series of repeating stages
  • verb
  • /ˈsaɪkəl/
: pasar por
  • For each feeding period, the reactor cycles through four phases: feed, react, settle, and decant.
  • cycle through phases
  • cycle back

In fact, when I said that, some voice probably passed through or cycled through your imagination.

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Examples

  • Tap the side and it should cycle through all the cameras.

  • But when you long press it, you can cycle through the different modes.

  • And people will just continue to cycle through and, and, and, and not be well.

  • And so this now starts to cycle down the wrong path.

  • So how how would you how would you cycle through the different versions?

  • Although I could cycle through the other emotions quickly, fear never left me.

    Academic text (2015)
  • We have to cycle through about 27 more poses.

  • Next, a rider cycles through the course in as straight a line as possible.

    Academic text (2013)
  • It's a very wet ecosystem and that rain and the water cycles through it.

  • To test the new software, we will need to cycle through different configurations until we find the right one.

Synonyms

to recur
vsto cycle
16 5.7

Happen again, often after some time

describe passing through a planned sequence of stages rather than mere repeated occurrences
to iterate
vsto cycle
  • Specialized
6 7.2

To do the same steps again, often on a computer

go through a series of linked stages rather than repeating single instructions

Idioms

To stop poverty passing from parents to children

Phrasal Verbs

To stop a repeated harmful pattern by choosing to change

Compounds

28 2.6

A series of stages a living thing or product goes through from beginning to end

19 4.8

A situation where one problem causes another and makes things worse

business cycle
  • Specialized
14 3.5

Repeated periods when an economy grows and then shrinks

menstrual cycle
  • Specialized
10 3.4

A natural monthly change in a woman's body that prepares for pregnancy

carbon cycle
  • Specialized
4 3.9

Movement of carbon between the air, living things, soil, and oceans

2 4.1

A unit for frequency equal to one complete cycle in one second

cycle of rebirth
  • Literature
2 7.6

A process of being born again after death many times until you become free

Krebs cycle
  • Specialized
1 5.1

A series of chemical reactions in cells that make energy, carbon dioxide, and water

1 5.4

A pattern of rises and falls in the economy, like growth and recession

A small three-wheeled vehicle that a person pedals to carry passengers for money

food cycle
  • Specialized
1 4.2

A system where energy and nutrients move between plants, animals and tiny living things that break down dead matter

nitrogen cycle
  • Specialized
1 4.2

Process that moves nitrogen through soil, plants, animals, and air

Carnot cycle
  • Specialized
1 9.6

An ideal engine process that shows the highest efficiency a heat engine can reach

cardiac cycle
  • Specialized
1 4.2

Events in the heart from one beat to the next, including the upper and lower chambers tightening and relaxing

citric acid cycle
  • Specialized
1 7.3

A series of chemical reactions in the mitochondria of cells that make energy

carbon cycle
  • Specialized
1 6.7

A process in hot stars where carbon helps hydrogen join to form helium

1 5.2

A series of chemical reactions in cells that make energy from food

Carnot's ideal cycle
  • Specialized
9.9

A model of a perfect machine that turns heat into work to show the highest possible efficiency

fixed-cycle operation
  • Specialized
6.7

An action that runs for a set number of regular time steps in machines or computers

6.9

A series of reactions in the cell's mitochondria that change food molecules into energy

How Regular

to cycle
26 3.0
to rotate
43 2.3
alternate
10 3.9
to swap
171 2.1

Surface Forms

cycle infinitive
cycled past
cycled past participle
cycling present participle
cycles third person singular

Etymology

Cycle comes from the Greek kyklos meaning 'circle' or 'wheel', so to cycle is to go through stages that repeat or to make something go round again. That's why we say a machine or program 'cycles' when it repeats the same steps.