cycle

Definition

Examples

The product life cycle is getting shorter in the technology industry.

Word Family

Synonyms

• circleellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point
• sequenceserial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern

Collocations

• Easy ride a cycle
  to ride a cycle, meaning to sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
• Medium product life cycle stages
  describing product life cycle stages (commodities offered for sale)
• Hard economic boom-and-bust cycle
  describing economic boom-and-bust cycle (of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth)
• Very Hard break the vicious cycle of poverty
  to separate into pieces or interrupt regarding the vicious cycle of poverty