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Definition of cycle verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cycle

verb
 
/ˈsaɪkl/
 
/ˈsaɪkl/
[intransitive] (especially British English)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they cycle
 
/ˈsaɪkl/
 
/ˈsaɪkl/
he / she / it cycles
 
/ˈsaɪklz/
 
/ˈsaɪklz/
past simple cycled
 
/ˈsaɪkld/
 
/ˈsaɪkld/
past participle cycled
 
/ˈsaɪkld/
 
/ˈsaɪkld/
-ing form cycling
 
/ˈsaɪklɪŋ/
 
/ˈsaɪklɪŋ/
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  1. to ride a bicycle; to travel by bicycle
    • measures to encourage more people to cycle
    • + adv./prep. I usually cycle home through the park.
    • He cycles ten miles to and from work every day.
    compare bicycle, bikeTopics Sports: other sportsa2
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin cyclus, from Greek kuklos ‘circle’.
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adjective
 
 
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