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# cyclist

«cyclist» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who rides a bicycle** — 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 (cyclist, cyclists)

### meaning for a pupil

A cyclist is a person who rides a bicycle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cyclist/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

a person who travels a distance at a speed; problems ask how far, how fast or how long a cyclist rides, or count cyclists in a race; in everyday life and safety: cyclists wear helmets, use lights at night, signal with their arms and use cycle lanes; in sport: cyclists race on roads and tracks

### examples

- A cyclist rides 15 kilometres in an hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cyclist/#x1)
- The cyclist travels 12 miles each day for 5 days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cyclist/#x2)
- There are 30 cyclists in the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cyclist/#x3)
- Two cyclists start from towns 60 km apart and ride toward each other. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cyclist/#x4)
- Cyclists should always wear a helmet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cyclist/#x5)
- The cyclist signalled before turning left. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cyclist/#x6)
- Drivers must leave space when they pass a cyclist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cyclist/#x7)
- The cyclists sped down the hill in the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cyclist/#x8)

### note

Points to distance, speed and time: distance = speed × time. Trap: when two cyclists ride toward each other their speeds add; when one chases the other the speeds subtract. -ist makes a person: cycle → cyclist, art → artist.

### In the corpora

- [Cyclists ride in the same direction as the traffic.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/5-bikes-and-scooters/11/)
- [To signal a turn, a cyclist holds an arm straight out to the side they will turn to.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/5-bikes-and-scooters/13/)
- [Cyclists lean into a bend so they do not fall outwards.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/10-reasoning-about-the-moving-body/18/)
- [Lorry and truck drivers have big blind spots beside their cab, where they cannot see a cyclist at all.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks/20/)
- [In the UK the Highway Code advises cyclists to wear a helmet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/42-swimming-and-cycling/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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