# cycling

Pronunciation: say "SY-kling" /ˈsaɪk(ə)lɪŋ/

## Noun

1. The activity of riding bicycles or other cycles, whether for transport, sport, exercise, recreation, or travel.
   - Simple: The activity of riding a bicycle for fun, travel, or exercise.
   - _Cycling has grown popular as cities build more dedicated bike lanes._
   - _On vacation they explored the coastline by cycling from village to village._
2. A sport in which participants ride and race bicycles or other cycles.
   - Simple: The sport of racing bicycles, on roads or on special tracks.
   - _Professional cycling demands years of training and a powerful team behind each rider._
   - _Track cycling rewards explosive sprinting, while road cycling favors endurance._
4. A repeated action or process that follows a regular, recurring pattern.
   - Simple: An action or process that keeps repeating in a regular pattern.
   - _The cycling of carbon between plants and the atmosphere is a natural process._
   - _Engineers studied the rapid cycling of the machine's power supply._

## Verb

3. Present participle of cycle. — present participle and gerund of cycle
   - Simple: Present participle of cycle. Use this -ing form for an action happening now.
   - _He was cycling across the country to raise money for charity._
   - _Tourists were cycling slowly along the coastal path._

## Adjective

5. Undergoing a motion or process that repeats over and over in a regular cycle.
   - Simple: Moving or changing again and again in a repeating pattern.
   - _A cycling compressor that switches on and off every few minutes often points to a faulty thermostat._
   - _Year after year, the cycling seasons brought the herds back down into the valley._

## Origin

Formed within English from 'cycle' combined with the suffix '-ing'.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/cycling (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).