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# cycle

«cycle» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **something that happens again and again in the same order…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (cycle, cycles); verb (cycle, cycles, cycled, cycling)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A cycle is something that happens again and again in the same order, like the seasons or day and night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cycle/#m1)

2) To cycle means to ride a bike. A cycle is also a bike. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cycle/#m2)

3) A cycle is one full round of a machine, like a washing machine cycle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cycle/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: a repeating pattern counted in rounds: find the length of the cycle and use the remainder to find the place; a bike ride with a distance and speed: distance = speed × time. In science: the water cycle, the life cycle of a frog or butterfly. Safety: wear a helmet and use cycle lanes. Phrases: life cycle, water cycle, cycle lane, cycle path, go cycling, washing cycle.

### examples

- He cycled 12 km in an hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cycle/#x1)
- A washing cycle takes 40 minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cycle/#x2)
- The light cycle is red, green, yellow, then again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cycle/#x3)
- She cycles to school 5 days a week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cycle/#x4)
- The water cycle moves water from the sea to the clouds and back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cycle/#x5)
- We learned about the life cycle of a butterfly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cycle/#x6)
- Ride in the cycle lane, not on the footpath. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cycle/#x7)
- The moon goes through a cycle of shapes in about a month. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cycle/#x8)

### note

Related words: bicycle, tricycle, recycle, cyclist. A repeat: find the length of the cycle and use the remainder to find the place. A ride: distance = speed × time. Trap: if a pattern of 3 repeats, the 10th item is the same as the 1st (10 ÷ 3 leaves 1).

### In the corpora

- [Waiting while they grow is called cycling the tank.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/203-the-fish-tank-water-gills-heaters-and-the-right-neighbours/3/)
- [A helmet greatly lowers the chance of a serious head injury when cycling, skating or scootering.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/87-eyes-ears-and-moving/20/)
- [Rocks are slowly recycled from one type into another in the rock cycle.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/48-igneous-rocks-and-the-rock-cycle/13/)
- [The rock cycle is powered by the Sun's energy at the surface and the Earth's inner heat below.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/48-igneous-rocks-and-the-rock-cycle/15/)
- [One trip around the rock cycle usually takes millions of years.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/48-igneous-rocks-and-the-rock-cycle/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cycle» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cycle/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.