Plural of cycle
regular plural
The plural of cycle is cycles.
Forms of cycle
| Singular | cycle /ˈsaɪ.kəl/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | cycles /ˈsaɪkəlz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Cycles in a sentence
- Officers have made the mistake of applying many Taser cycles, expecting the suspect to relent.2014, R.T. Wyant, Thomas Burns, Risk Management of Less Lethal Options, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 211
- The repeated pressurization cycles fatigued the airplane's metal skin until it eventually broke up in flight.From the entry fatigue
- The carbon chain of an alkane may be linear or branched, but must not contain loops (cycles); its chemical formula is of the form CₙH₂ₙ₊₂.From the entry alkane
- National Moth Week celebrates the beauty, life cycles, and habitats of moths.2026 July 20, “National Moth Week”, in Gardening For Life Project. From the entry moth-er
- But wars play out in the lives of people and nations, not news cycles.2026 March 2, Ben Rhodes, “Trump May Come to Regret This”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry news cycle
Meaning of cycle
- noun An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed.
- noun A complete rotation of anything.
- noun A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence.
Questions about the plural of cycle
- What is the plural of cycle?
- The plural of cycle is cycles.
- Is cycle countable?
- Cycle is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cycle (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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