cycle – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of cycle

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to cycle
Participle: cycled
Gerund: cycling

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Icycle
youcycle
he;she;itcycles
wecycle
youcycle
theycycle

Perfect

Ihave cycled
youhave cycled
he;she;ithas cycled
wehave cycled
youhave cycled
theyhave cycled

Past

Icycled
youcycled
he;she;itcycled
wecycled
youcycled
theycycled

Pluperfect

Ihad cycled
youhad cycled
he;she;ithad cycled
wehad cycled
youhad cycled
theyhad cycled

Future

Iwill cycle
youwill cycle
he;she;itwill cycle
wewill cycle
youwill cycle
theywill cycle

Future Perfect

Iwill have cycled
youwill have cycled
he;she;itwill have cycled
wewill have cycled
youwill have cycled
theywill have cycled

Subjunctive

Present

Icycle
youcycle
he;she;itcycle
wecycle
youcycle
theycycle

Perfect

Ihave cycled
youhave cycled
he;she;ithave cycled
wehave cycled
youhave cycled
theyhave cycled

Imperfect

Icycled
youcycled
he;she;itcycled
wecycled
youcycled
theycycled

Pluperfect

Ihad cycled
youhad cycled
he;she;ithad cycled
wehad cycled
youhad cycled
theyhad cycled

Conditional

Present

Iwould cycle
youwould cycle
he;she;itwould cycle
wewould cycle
youwould cycle
theywould cycle

Perfect

Iwould have cycled
youwould have cycled
he;she;itwould have cycled
wewould have cycled
youwould have cycled
theywould have cycled

Imperative

youcycle
weLet's cycle
youcycle

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam cycling
youare cycling
he;she;itis cycling
weare cycling
youare cycling
theyare cycling

Perfect

Ihave been cycling
youhave been cycling
he;she;ithas been cycling
wehave been cycling
youhave been cycling
theyhave been cycling

Past

Iwas cycling
youwere cycling
he;she;itwas cycling
wewere cycling
youwere cycling
theywere cycling

Pluperfect

Ihad been cycling
youhad been cycling
he;she;ithad been cycling
wehad been cycling
youhad been cycling
theyhad been cycling

Future

Iwill be cycling
youwill be cycling
he;she;itwill be cycling
wewill be cycling
youwill be cycling
theywill be cycling

Future Perfect

Iwill have been cycling
youwill have been cycling
he;she;itwill have been cycling
wewill have been cycling
youwill have been cycling
theywill have been cycling

Conditional

Present

Iwould be cycling
youwould be cycling
he;she;itwould be cycling
wewould be cycling
youwould be cycling
theywould be cycling

Perfect

Iwould have been cycling
youwould have been cycling
he;she;itwould have been cycling
wewould have been cycling
youwould have been cycling
theywould have been cycling

Other

Verbs similar to 'cycle'

ecycle, bicycle, cable, cache, cackle, circle, cockle, codle, coole, cyclize,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. 1387, from L.L. cyclus, from Gk. kyklos "circle, wheel," from PIE *kwel-, *kwol- "to roll, to move around, wheel" (cf. Skt. cakram "circle, wheel," carati "he moves, wanders;" Avestan caraiti "applies himself," c'axra "chariot, wagon;" Gk. polos "a round axis" (PIE *kw- becomes Gk. p- before some vowels), polein "move around;" L. colere "to frequent, dwell in, to cultivate, move around," cultus "tended, cultivated," hence also "polished," colonus "husbandman, tenant farmer, settler, colonist;" Lith. kelias "a road, a way;" O.N. hvel, O.E. hweol "wheel;" O.Rus., Pol. kolo, Rus. koleso "a wheel"). The verb meaning "to ride a bicycle" is from 1883; cyclist in this sense is from 1882; cyclical is from 1817; cyclorama is from 1840.
2. From Middle English cicle (“fixed length period of years”), from Late Latin cyclus, from Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”), from Proto-Hellenic *kúklos, *kʷókʷlos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos (“circle, wheel”).
3. Doublet of chakra, chakram, charkha, chukker, cyclus, kike, and wheel (see there for more).

Verbs referencing "cycle"

Welsh seiclo.

Sample Sentences

  • When my wife and I heard a plaintive whinny from our laundry room the other day, we knew that our old dryer had cycled its last load. [2026 January 16, Danny Heitman, “An empty nester’s ode to the cycles of laundry – and life”, in The Christian Science Monitor:]
  • Avoid cycling the device unnecessarily.
  • They have their cycling game going tonight.