Entry Word: cycle

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a series of events or actions that repeat themselves regularly and in the same order <the cycle of birth, growth, decline, and death that is experienced by all life forms>

Synonyms circle, round

Related Words pattern, syndrome; course, development, progression, run; circuit, loop, ring; rotation, revolution, turn; chain, sequence, series, string, succession, train

2 a long or seemingly long period of time <it's been cycles since I last saw you> — see age 2