[
  {
    "word": "cycle",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8sa\u026ak\u0259l/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8sa\u026ak\u0259l/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/cycle-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1762904",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "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"
    ]
  }
]