Life cycle

/ˈlaɪf ˌsaɪ.kəl/

Synonyms for "life cycle" (63 found)

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Closest matches (13)

Noun(3 words)
alternationcnidarian life cyclecnidarians
animaanimating forceatmanbathmismbeating heartbiological clockbiorhythmbloodbreathbreath of life

Strong matches (19)

Noun(7 words)
development cycledevelopmentaldevelopmental cycledevelopmental stagesflowering plant lifecyclegrowth cyclegrowth-related
divine breathdivine sparkelan vitalessence of lifeforce of lifegrowth forceheartheartbeatheartbloodimpulse of lifeinspiriting forcejiva

Related words (31)

jivatmalife breathlife essencelife forcelife principlelife processlifebloodliving forcepneumapranaseat of lifesoulspark of lifespiritvis vitaevis vitalisvital energyvital flamevital fluidvital force
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vital principlevital sparkvital spirit
Noun(8 words)
life historylife stagesmulticellular organism life cycleontogeneticplant life cyclepopulation cyclereproductive cyclestage-based

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

15 entries
biological conceptbiological descriptorbiological processdevelopmentdevelopmental descriptordevelopmental processecological processgrowinggrowthmaturationontogenesisontogenyorganic phenomenonprocessspecies characteristic

More specific

11 entries
alternation of generationsannual life cyclebutterfly life cyclecomplete metamorphosisfrog life cycleincomplete metamorphosisinsect life cyclemultiyear life cycleperennial life cycleplant life cycleseasonal life cycle

Collocations

10 entries
complete life cycleinsect life cyclelife cycle diagramlife cycle stageslife-cycle changelife-cycle diagramlife-cycle lengthlife-cycle stagelife-cycle studyplant life cycle

Inflections

3 entries
life cyclesmore life-cyclemost life-cycle

Derivations

7 entries
cyclelife historylife-cyclelife-cycle diagramlife-cycle stagelife-stagelifecycle

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Plants’ life cycles are an attractive subject of study for citizen science because they are relatively easy to discern. In fact, the name for the field in which we work, phenology, literally means “the science of appearance.” The word was coined just a few years after Thoreau made his phenological observations, from the Greek phaino (to show or appear) and logos (to study).

Source: wiktionary

Since it began operating in 1950, Sellafield has had different duties. First it manufactured plutonium for nuclear weapons. Then it generated electricity for the National Grid, until 2003. It also carried out years of fuel reprocessing: extracting uranium and plutonium from nuclear fuel rods after they’d ended their life cycles.

Source: wiktionary