CYCLE
What does "CYCLE" mean?
A series of events or states that repeats in the same order; also a bicycle or motorcycle.
Meanings
- A recurring series of events or stages that returns to its starting point. The water cycle moves the same molecules through sea, sky, and rain.
- A bicycle or motorcycle. He rode his cycle to work every morning.
- To ride a bicycle. They cycled along the coast all afternoon.
- To pass repeatedly through a sequence of states. The thermostat cycles the heater on and off. technical
Word origin
From Greek 'kyklos', meaning a circle or wheel, via Late Latin 'cyclus'.
Remember it
CYCLE starts and ends with the same C-and-C sound - the word loops back on itself like the thing it names.
A little poem
The same rain returns-
river to cloud to river,
no drop ever lost.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why can't a bicycle stand on its own? It's two tired - and the cycle just keeps repeating.
What it teaches
What comes around is not the same thing twice; the wheel turns, but the road is new.
Quick facts
What does CYCLE mean?
A series of events or states that repeats in the same order; also a bicycle or motorcycle.
Is CYCLE a valid word?
Yes — CYCLE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is CYCLE?
CYCLE has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does CYCLE come from?
From Greek 'kyklos', meaning a circle or wheel, via Late Latin 'cyclus'.
What can CYCLE teach us?
What comes around is not the same thing twice; the wheel turns, but the road is new.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.