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to recycle

to recycle

18 2.8
Make an idea, object, or material go through the same process again
  • verb
  • /rɪˈsaɪkəl/
translation icon : reutilizar
  • Many cities provide special bins so residents can easily recycle their materials.

You know, I'm somebody who doesn't like to recycle used up cliches.

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Examples

  • First, take your old queries that never won assignments and recycle them.

    Academic text (2008)
  • For example, participants could share ideas about ways to recycle or experiment for the science fair.

    Academic text (2011)
  • And there are ways to make it easier to recycle this stuff.

  • Now you say, but I recycle and yeah, you know, we recycle.

  • So yeah, I think I will recycle these clamps.

  • We continue to reduce our carbon footprint and to recycle evermore waste.

  • What we want is to urge Singaporeans to recycle for purpose or for reuse.

  • It turns out ubiquitin is recycled inside the cell.

  • The existing PLS recycles funds back to the paying entities to be used for pollution control projects.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Representations of black females in the media tend to recycle familiar stereotypes and slightly alter them in a contemporary context.

    Academic text (2013)

Synonyms

to recover
vsto recycle
  • Specialized
246 3.9

Take useful materials from waste to use again

is broader and causes materials or objects to repeat processes beyond mere retrieval
to reuse
vsto recycle
44 2.3

To use something again after cleaning or fixing it

involves repeating a process on materials or objects rather than just using again
to reclaim
vsto recycle
11 3.7

To take useful materials from waste so they can be used again

focuses on repeating cycles for later use rather than only taking materials from waste
to reprocess
vsto recycle
6 4.7

Treat something again so it can be used or made better

causes a process or material to repeat fully for later use
to upcycle
vsto recycle
1 6.7

Change old things people would throw away into new, more useful things

causes materials to go through cycles for further processing rather than raising value
to reutilize
vsto recycle
  • US
5.1

To use something again after fixing it or for a new purpose

focuses on making materials or objects go through a cycle again for use

How Often

loop
  • Specialized
33 4.7
to repeat
1.0
to recycle
18 2.8
to reuse
44 2.3

Surface Forms

recycle infinitive
recycled past
recycled past participle
recycling present participle
recycles third person singular

Morphology

recycle = cycle (transparent) = re + cycle

This is a straightforward case of 're-' plus 'cycle', meaning to put something through a cycle again.

Etymology

The word recycle comes from re- 'again' and cycle 'a circle or repeated process'. So to recycle an idea or a process is to make it go through the same cycle 'again'.