Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - cycle

(cycles, cycling, cycled) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you cycle, you ride a bicycle. He cycled to Ingwold... Britain could save ?4.6 billion a year in road transport costs if more people cycled... Over 1000 riders cycled 100 miles around the Vale of York. VERB: V prep/adv, V, V n • cycling The quiet country roads are ideal for cycling. N-UNCOUNT 2. A cycle is a bicycle. ...an eight-mile cycle ride. N-COUNT 3. A cycle is a motorcycle. (AM) N-COUNT 4. A cycle is a series of events or processes that is repeated again and again, always in the same order. ...the life cycle of the plant... N-COUNT: usu with supp, oft N of n 5. A cycle is a single complete series of movements in an electrical, electronic, or mechanical process. ...10 cycles per second. N-COUNT: usu pl