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Word entry · 5 letters

cycle

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"Repeating sequence"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈsaɪ.kəl/Part of speech verb, nounSorted ccelyStarts with CEnds with E1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. recur in repeating sequences

Word origin

From Middle English cicle (“fixed length period of years”), from Late Latin cyclus, from Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”), from Proto-Hellenic *kúklos, *kʷókʷlos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos (“circle, wheel”).

Used in a sentence

  • the cycle of the seasons, or of the year
  • VVages have been tvvice raiſed in my time, and they bear a full proportion, or even a greater than formerly, to the medium of proviſion during the laſt bad cycle of tvventy years.
  • electoral cycle menstrual cycle news cycle

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