[{"word":"cycles","phonetic":"/ˈsaɪkəlz/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ˈsaɪkəlz/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"the cycle of the seasons, or of the year"},{"definition":"A complete rotation of anything.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"electoral cycle"},{"definition":"The members of the sequence formed by such a process.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"In musical set theory, an interval cycle is the set of pitch classes resulting from repeatedly applying the same interval class to the starting pitch class.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The interval cycle C4 consists of the pitch classes 0, 4 and 8; when starting on E, it is realised as the pitches E, G# and C."},{"definition":"A series of poems, songs or other works of art.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The \"Ring of the Nibelung\" is a cycle of four operas by Richard Wagner."},{"definition":"A programme on a washing machine, dishwasher, or other such device.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Put the washing in on a warm cycle."},{"definition":"A pedal-powered vehicle, such as a unicycle, bicycle, or tricycle, or a motorized vehicle that has either two or three wheels.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A single, a double, a triple, and a home run hit by the same player in the same game.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Jones hit for the cycle in the game."},{"definition":"A closed walk or path, with or without repeated vertices allowed.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(algebraic topology) A chain whose boundary is zero.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"An age; a long period of time.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"An orderly list for a given time; a calendar.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"One entire round in a circle or a spire.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"a cycle or set of leaves"},{"definition":"A discharge of a taser.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To ride a bicycle or other cycle.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To go through a cycle or to put through a cycle.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To turn power off and back on","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Avoid cycling the device unnecessarily."},{"definition":"To maintain a team's possession of the puck in the offensive zone by handling and passing the puck in a loop from the boards near the goal up the side boards and passing to back to the boards near the goal","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"They have their cycling game going tonight."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cycle","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cycles"]}]