Thesaurus: cycle

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1. n. An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres.
2. n. 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. n. An age; a long period of time.
4. n. An orderly list for a given time; a calendar.
5. n. 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. n. One entire round in a circle or a spire; as, a cycle or set of leaves.
7. n. A bicycle or tricycle, or other light velocipede.
8. v. i. To pass through a cycle of changes; to recur in cycles.
9. v. i. To ride a bicycle, tricycle, or other form of cycle.
10. n. an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
11. n. a series of poems or songs on the same theme
12. n. a periodically repeated sequence of events