meaning of cycle
1. An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres.
2. 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. An age; a long period of time.
4. An orderly list for a given time; a calendar.
5. 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. One entire round in a circle or a spire; as, a cycle or set of leaves.
7. A bicycle or tricycle, or other light velocipede.
8. To pass through a cycle of changes; to recur in cycles.
9. To ride a bicycle, tricycle, or other form of cycle.
10. a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals
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